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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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.
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Controversy continues to swirl over French ice dancing duo who won gold in shocking upset
Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron of arrived at the Milan Cortina Olympics amid a swirl of controversy, with the French ice dancers hoping to upset the dominant American duo of Madison Chock and Evan Bates when it mattered most. They will leave with a gold medal, and maybe a little bit more controversy, too. Beaudry and Cizeron, who are married, answered a season-best free dance by Chock and Bates with a season best of their own We…
Frenchman Guillaume Cizeron has won ice-dance gold for the fourth time, each with another athlete at his side. There has never been. However, an ex-partner has accused him.
This has never happened before: Guillaume Cizeron is the first ice dancer with two different partners to win the Olympic Games. But the triumph of the French has a brittle history.
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