Winter Olympics 2022 - 'Proud' Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson qualify for the next round of Beijing Ice Dance

In an explosion of rock anthems, British pair Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson put on an entertaining performance to kick off their ice dance campaign in Beijing and safely qualify for the next round. Twenty of the 23 partnerships who skated in the rhythm dance section made it into the free dance stage, with just Germany, Japan and Lithuania missing out.

Ad/> Fear and Gibson’s routine was full of energy and set to a medley of anthems from Kiss including «I Was Made for Lovin’ You» and «Rock and Roll All Nite». /> Beijing 2022Natasha McKay on almost quitting ice dancing, training struggles during the pandemic and moreAN HOUR AGO French pair set new world record as Team GB skate rocking routine to qualify Chen, Kwan and why 'having an athlete that looks like you gives you hope’ Beijing 2022 Olympic Games: Schedule, big names, key events and more Speaking to Eurosport after they had taken to the ice, Gibson explained why they chose to go for 70s rock songs.

“Nostalgia and the want to entertain. That’s what we love to do.

It’s really special when we can feel that the audience is getting behind us and getting into the programme so we really had that in mind when we were choosing the music,” he said. The pair could be forgiven for feeling slightly disappointed with their score of 76.45, which was 14 points behind the leaders Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, who broke their own world record in rhythm dance.