US EditionU.S. Ice Dancing Team Upset by New Team From France
Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron scored a season-best 225.82 points to claim gold, becoming the first skater to win consecutive ice dance golds with different partners.
- On Wednesday night, Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron claimed Olympic ice dance gold at the Milan Cortina Games, upsetting four-year dominant American duo Madison Chock and Evan Bates.
- Amid controversy, Beaudry arrived in Milan after Skate Canada banned Sorensen last year; the suspension was overturned on jurisdictional grounds, but the case remains pending.
- Following a season‑best performance by the three‑time reigning world champions, Beaudry and Cizeron scored a season‑best 225.82 points, narrowly beating Chock and Bates' 224.39, set to The Whale soundtrack.
- Receiving the bronze, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier earned 217.74 points, pulling away from Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri and Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson on the podium.
- Cizeron, who stepped away after 2022, returned to top form while Beaudry, who considered skipping the season, seized the comeback chance; they won every event except the Grand Prix final.
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Gay ice dancer Guillaume Cizeron's Olympic controversy explained
Gay ice dancer Guillaume Cizeron and his skating partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry are being praised for their Madonna-inspired performance at the Olympics, but they are also making headlines for a controversy that has been haunting them for the past year. It is the reasons their previous partnerships ended that had the duo under a microscope. Between allegedly controlling behavior and sexual assault allegations, Cizeron and Beaudry didn’t get o…
The French duo, preferred to win gold in ice dance, has seen its Olympic trajectory tarnished by controversy, fueled in part by the American press.
The Franco-Canadian had never won a medal in a championship before her association with the defending French Olympic champion. She has so far endured the weight of expectations perfectly.
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