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ice dance world bronze medalist Lilla Fear and Louise Gibson to lead Great Britain’s figure skating team winter Olympics Next February.
The eight-strong team is Britain’s largest figure skating delegation to the Winter Olympics since Calgary in 1988 and includes some of the country’s most promising medal contenders at this year’s Games.
Fear and Gibson claimed First world medal for GB in 41 years in this year world Championships in Boston, and is among the favorites for her first Olympic medal in Milan-Cortina.
The British team for the 2026 Games also includes ice dance pair Phebe Baker and James Hernandez, pair skaters Anastasia Weapon-Law and Luke Digby, and singles skaters Kristen Sprouse and Edward Appleby, the latter competing only in the team event.
British-Canadian Fears and Scott Gibson are the only two on the team with previous Olympic experience, coming 10th at the COVID-disrupted Beijing Games in 2022.
The pair, silver medalists at the European Championships in February this year, have made a stellar start to their Olympic season, including a second consecutive bronze medal at the Grand Prix Final, the sport’s biggest event outside the Olympics and World Championships.
The pair also won their eighth national title in November and became the most decorated British ice dance team in history, surpassing the greats Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean and John and Sinead Kerr.
Baker and Hernandez, who finished 17th at the 2025 World Championships, qualified second for Britain and will make their debut after a whirlwind few seasons.
Five-time British champions Wapen-Law and Digby, who were fifth at the European Championships in Tallin in Britain’s best European performance in more than 30 years, will also compete in their first Games.
The British team’s next major competition will be the European Championships, which will be held on home soil in Sheffield from January 13-18, just three weeks before the Olympics begin.