Wednesday, 14 February 2024 Forty years ago, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean gambled a shot at Olympic gold on a radical routine. It paid off handsomely, but their virtuoso performance is not a template for modern ice dancers.
British ice skating legends Torvill and Dean have announced their retirement, 40 years after they won the gold medal at the Winter Olympics in 1984 and earned the highest ever score for a single performance. Jayne Torvill OBE and Christopher Dean OBE reflected on their Olympic triumph as they...