US EditionFrench duo Beaudry and Cizeron beat US stars Chock and Bates in controversial Olympic ice dance
Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron won with a season-best 225.82 points, edging the American team by 1.43 points at the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympics.
- On Wednesday night at the Milano Ice Skating Arena, Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron won Olympic ice dance gold, defeating Madison Chock and Evan Bates at the Milan Cortina Games.
- Following a near‑clean sweep of events this season, Beaudry and Cizeron had won every entry except the Grand Prix Final, building momentum into the Olympics.
- With a season‑best 225.82 points, Beaudry and Cizeron edged out Chock and Bates' 224.39 after a near‑perfect free dance set to The Whale soundtrack.
- The French duo of Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron claimed Olympic gold on Wednesday, with Cizeron becoming the first skater to win back-to-back ice dance gold with different partners, leaving the podium with France, the U.S., and Canada.
- Despite scrutiny, Beaudry and Cizeron arrived in Milan amid controversies but were not distracted Wednesday night, having already edged Chock and Bates in the rhythm dance.
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There was some controversy on the ice in the finals of the figure skating dance competition, but that's nothing compared to the drama off it.
French Ice Dancer's Former Partner Shares Cryptic Message After Olympic Win
French ice dancer Guillaume Cizeron and his partner, Laurence Fournier Beaudry, took home the gold in their free dance on Wednesday, February 11, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, but Cizeron’s former partner isn’t interested in cheering him on. “Logging off xxx,” Gabriella Papadakis wrote via Instagram on Wednesday alongside a photo of a pack of cigarettes and a glass of wine. Papadakis, 30, is now retired, but opened up in her new memoir about her …
On Wednesday night, skaters Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry were crowned Olympic champions in ice dance in front of one of their most fervent supporters, Laurence's grandfather.
French skater Guillaume Cizeron revalidated Olympic gold in ice dancing in Milan-Cortina 2026, after having changed partners in 2025 after a lifetime...
Why Olympics ice dancing upset was so controversial as French duo beats married American couple
France's polarizing figure skating duo of Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron narrowly edged America's Madison Chock and Evan Bates to win gold in the ice dance competition.
Guillaume Cizeron's Winter Olympics glory overshadowed by scandal
French ice dancing pair Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry won gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics just under a year after partnering up – an arguably fairytale ending to a stratospheric rise that has shook up the sport at its very highest level. But their partnership has been followed by controversy and scandal, including allegations of controlling behaviour and rape. Cizeron, who came out as gay in 2020, won gold in ice dance at the …
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