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Lilah Fear: London ice dance star who followed her Winter Olympic dream from school days

Olympic Lilah Fear London Lewis Gibson

Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson perform at the European Figure Skating Championship 2022 on January 1 in Tallinn
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Figure skater Lilah Fear’s former PE teacher could well be fighting back tears when she makes her debut at the Winter Olympics.

The London-raised athlete will take to the rink in Beijing this weekend alongside partner Lewis Gibson in the ice dance. The 22-year-old’s former PE teacher at South Hampstead High School told the Standard watching her ex-pupil grace the Olympic ice for the first time will be emotional.

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