"French figure skaters Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry pulled off an incredible exploit on Wednesday, winning Olympic gold in ice dancing after skating together for just a year. Cizeron, 31, and 33-year-old Fournier Beaudry, took the title ahead of reigning world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the USA after the free dance finale. Canadians Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier took bronze."
"For Cizeron it is a second consecutive Olympic ice dance gold after he won the title at the Beijing Winter Olympics four years ago with Gabriella Papadakis. Cizeron and Papadakis retired from competition following their fifth world title in 2022 and he teamed up last March with his close friend, Fournier Beaudry. Cizeron and Fournier Beaudry had taken a slim 0.46-point lead over the Americans going into the free dance finale at the Milano Ice Skating Arena."
"The Americans, who are friends, training partners in Montreal and rivals of the French, presented a fiery flamenco to an orchestral rendition of the Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black". But skating last, the French concluded their competition with a mesmerising routine set to the powerful soundtrack of the 2022 film "The Whale." They finished 1.43 points ahead of the three-time world champions."
Guillaume Cizeron, 31, and Laurence Fournier Beaudry, 33, won Olympic ice dance gold for France after forming a partnership one year earlier. They finished ahead of reigning world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the USA, with Canadians Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier taking bronze. Cizeron previously won Olympic gold in Beijing with Gabriella Papadakis and retired after five world titles in 2022 before teaming with Fournier Beaudry in March. The pair entered the free dance with a 0.46-point lead and delivered a routine to The Whale soundtrack to win by 1.43 points.
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