When Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson first trained together in Montreal a decade ago, even their coach did not let them know exactly how badly it had gone.
Fear was a junior ice dancer but Gibson was new to the discipline.
He had been a singles skater but turning jumps into jives is not an overnight job.
Now they are the first British figure skaters to win a medal at a World Championships since Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean in 1984 after taking bronze on Saturday.
BBC Sport takes a look at how an initially "terrible" first practice in Canada evolved into the creation of Britain's most successful ice dancers in a generation.
Keeping friends close and rivals closer
Fear and Gibson train at the Ice Academy of Montreal, where many of the top couples practise and whose skaters account for nine of the past 10 World Championship gold medals in ice dance.
Fear describes the environment as a "creative, collaborative and competitive".
"I think the word that comes to mind is motivating because we are training alongside our top competitors," the 25-year-old told BBC Sport earlier this year. "And when you see what material they have and what they're working on, it forces everyone around them to elevate their game.
"We support one another, we're all friends, we're encouraging. And it's just a really very special environment. And I wouldn't trade it for the world."
It was there that they teamed up with renowned coach Romain Haguenauer - and it was he who did not let on his real thoughts on what 30-year-old Gibson has described as a "terrible" first practice session together in Montreal.
"[There were] some little passive jokes perhaps but we always felt his belief and his encouragement for us to really want to try and go as far as we could," Gibson said previously.
"That has really instilled a hard work ethic in us and also where we want to get to in the sport, it just seems that the possibilities are endless, and I think that really came from him."
Haguenauer is also the coach of Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates, who won their third successive world title this year.
Being creative - on and off the ice
A talented artist, who loves interior decorating, DIY and drawing, Gibson has also been able to channel creativity on to the ice – something that has been actively encouraged by Haguenauer.
According to Fear, their coach will always say "why not?" to new ideas.
Like Gibson, Fear is also highly creative, this year designing her own dress for their free dance.
In that context, it was no surprise that they bucked the trend and went for a fun disco-style free dance in 2018-19 while many of their rivals were skating to more serious classical numbers.
The crowds got on board with the 'Disco Brits' and their scores began to rise, winning the national championships and placing sixth at the Europeans that season.
Loving the limelight
Over the years Fear and Gibson have been known for their high-energy ...
