A former teacher of figure skater Lilah Fear has told of her pride in the Olympian, who she said will set a high standard as flagbearer for Team GB.
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Olympic medal hopeful Lilah Fear’s former PE teacher has spoken of her pride after the figure skater was named as one of Team GB’s flagbearers for the opening ceremony in Milan.
Fear, 26, and her partner Lewis Gibson, 31, are tipped to claim Britain’s first figure skating medal since Dame Jayne Torvill and Sir Christopher Dean took bronze in 1994 in Lillehammer.
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