Torvill and Dean discuss retirement from ice skating on Good Morning Britain

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'British ice skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean have marked the 40th anniversary of their Olympic gold success by announcing they will be retiring from skating together in 2025.'

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00:00 Gosh, well, 40 years ago, it's a long time.

00:04 And in actual fact, next year, 2025,

00:07 we've been skating together for 50 years,

00:10 and we felt that that was a really nice round number to say,

00:14 we've had a wonderful time,

00:15 and it's time to retire a little bit,

00:18 hang up the skates, and no more touring,

00:21 except for the last tour that we're hoping to do next year.

00:25 And we feel that it will be the last tour,

00:29 but we feel like it'll be a celebration

00:31 of everything that we've been through since 1984,

00:35 winning the Olympics, which opened up the door

00:37 to lots of other things in the future.

00:39 - It's fantastic being here in Sarajevo,

00:42 where it all sort of started for us.

00:43 (upbeat music)

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