ICE dance legends Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean are at iceSheffield this weekend for the first ever Boléro Cup - a new international competition celebrating the future of the sport, writes Graham Walker.
Amongst the world’s best skaters taking part are Britain’s new stars Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson, who are debuting their 2026 Olympic routine - a medley of Spice Girls hits and Scottish tunes.
The Cup is named after Torvill and Dean’s own 1984 Olympic gold winning Boléro dance when they became the highest-scoring figure skaters of all time for a single programme, receiving twelve perfect 6.0s and six 5.9s.
Torvill and Dean met up with Fear and Gibson at iceSheffield, marking a symbolic handover between generations of British skating.
Organised by British Ice Skating, The Bolero Cup , featuring skaters from around the world, began on Friday and concludes Saturday, September 6. Tickets and morr information at https://www.iceskating.org.uk/post/bolero-cup-2025-everything-you-need-to-know?utm_source=chatgpt.com
But fans will get another chance to see Lilah and Lewis’s Olympic routine in the city when they return to compete in the ISU Figure Skating European Championships in January 2026, at Utilita Arena Sheffield, January 13-18, 2026 - just before the the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic Winter Olympics, which starts on February 6.
Get tickets for the European Championships at https://www.europeans2026.com/