Worry, 26, and 31-year-old Gibson have been fourth after the rhythm dance – the primary part of the ice dance competitors – leaving them work to do. They scored 85.47 of their rhythm dance to lie behind Gilles and Poirier in third.
It meant Worry and Gibson wanted to ship a showstopping efficiency of their Scottish-themed free dance to earn Britain’s first medal of the 2026 Winter Video games.
Resplendent in tartan, they danced to The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond, Auld Lang Syne and The Proclaimers hit I am Gonna Be (500 Miles) – in a routine they’d honed with highland dance consultants to excellent the choreography.
And it began magnificently as they scored large on their advanced opening, a multi-stage stationary elevate.
However as they moved into their second aspect, sequential twizzles – a rotation whereas transferring throughout the ice – Worry visibly wobbled. It meant they acquired a unfavourable rating on the grade of execution, a deadly blow in an Olympic last.
They skated clear thereafter and acquired good scores of their rousing end – a collection of Highland jigs mixed with a dance elevate – however the harm was accomplished, as their general technical rating suffered significantly.
It was clear from their faces that they knew they’d not been excellent. Worry had appeared nervous earlier than the routine and appeared devastated afterwards because it grew to become clear that the stress advised.
The ‘Disco Brits’ are the darlings of British determine skating, and are common internationally for his or her vibrant, skilful routines.
And so they have had a powerful 12 months by which they grew to become the primary Brits to win a medal at a World Championship for 40 years; in addition they acquired on the rostrum in Sheffield at their dwelling European Championships. However there will probably be no Olympic medal to spherical it off.
Britain’s different representatives Phebe Bekker and James Hernandez, who made the ultimate stage on their Olympic debuts aged simply 24 and 20 respectively, completed seventeenth after setting a season-best general rating of 179.45.
