Fear & Gibson take 10th Grand Prix skating medal

British skaters Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson won gold at the NHK trophy figure skating event in Osaka – their 10th Grand Prix medal.

The win means the pair are the most decorated British team in the series and qualifies them for the Grand Prix Final in Nagoya, Japan in December.

The result comes before the British Championships, where they are on course to become the most decorated pair in history, moving beyond Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, and Sinead and John Kerr.

They scored 205.88 points overall in Osaka and led the field from start to finish, with their Spice Girls Rhythm Dance and Scottish-inspired Free Dance drawing a roaring reception from the crowd.

Gibson, 31, is from Scotland while 26-year-old Fear was born in the United States but grew up in London.

The pair have won seven British championships and clinched Great Britain’s first figure skating World Championship medal in more than 40 years with ice dance bronze in Boston this year.