Madison Chock and Evan Bates claimed a silver medal on the 2026 Winter Olympics on Wednesday following a surprising free dance routine, falling simply 1.43 factors behind Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron, the controversial duo from France.
The Individuals have been 0.46 factors behind Beaudry and Cizeron within the rhythm dance program on Monday. They carried out Wednesday’s free dance program to “Paint It Black” by Ramin Djawadi, scoring 134.67, and waited for the French’s activate the ice. Beaudry and Cizeron scored 135.64, edging out the married American couple by 0.94 factors within the free dance.
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Chock and Bates have been skating collectively for 15 years. Beaudry and Cizeron have been a pair for lower than a 12 months.
Within the crew occasion, for which they helped Crew USA win its second consecutive gold, Chock and Bates dominated the rhythm dance and the free dance in what’s their fourth consecutive Winter Olympic Video games collectively.
Whereas they’ve two golds collectively within the crew occasion, Wednesday’s silver is their first Olympic medal in ice dance.
