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Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson won Great Britain’s first figure skating World Championship medal in more than 40 years with ice dance bronze in Boston.<\/b><\/p>\n
Not since 1984, when Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won their fourth and final global title, have British skaters stood on a world podium in any discipline.<\/p>\n
But Fear, 25, and Gibson, 30, finally ended that wait on Saturday with a total score of 207.11 points, having finished fourth at the previous two World Championships.<\/p>\n
American favourites Madison Chock and Evan Bates defended their title while Canada’s Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier took silver.<\/p>\n
“I can’t even describe my feelings, I’m still shaking,” said Fear. “I’m in disbelief.”<\/p>\n
Gibson added: “It’s a dream come true.”<\/p>\n
Olympians Fear and Gibson are three-time European medallists and earlier this season claimed Britain’s first ever medal at the Grand Prix final. <\/p>\n
In Boston, they had placed third after Friday’s rhythm dance but while their free dance routine – soundtracked by a trio of Beyonce hits – was judged the sixth best on Saturday, their combined score was enough to land them the greatest success of their careers to date.<\/p>\n
Fellow Britons Phebe Bekker and James Hernandez placed 17th.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, Torvill said Fear and Gibson had “taken ice dancing in Great Britain to another level”<\/a>.<\/p>\n The World Championships is a qualifying event for next year’s Winter Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n