"To catch you up: Gold went to the Team France pair of Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron, despite Team USA - Madison Chock and Evan Bates - having long been the favorites to win, and many arguing that the pair performed near perfection. They ended up with the silver medal, while Team Canada, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier, won bronze."
"Amazing achievements all round, of course - but there's a whole "soap opera," as former Olympian Scott Moir puts it, behind this particular podium - and it's covered in Netflix's three-part documentary Glitter and Gold: Ice Dancing, which follows the three teams in the year leading up to the 2026 Olympics. If you haven't seen it yet, you should, but in the interim, here are the highlights..."
"In Glitter and Gold, Evan says they'd been skating together for about five years when he realized he'd fallen in love with Madison, but he was afraid to tell her and risk the partnership. When he finally confessed, Madison was surprised but then realized she had feelings for him too. They got married in 2024."
Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron of Team France won Olympic ice dance gold, while Madison Chock and Evan Bates of Team USA took silver and Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Team Canada earned bronze. Team USA had been long-favored to win, and many observers argued that Chock and Bates performed near perfection despite finishing second. Former Olympian Scott Moir described complex interpersonal dynamics behind the podium as a "soap opera." Netflix's three-part documentary Glitter and Gold: Ice Dancing follows the three teams in the year leading up to the 2026 Olympics and documents Evan Bates realizing he loved Madison Chock, their mutual confession, and their 2024 marriage.
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