""There has been a lot of thoughtful, and at times emotional, discussion about the ice dance competition in Milan," USFS CEO Matt Farrell said in a statement to USA Today Sports on Sunday. "Working together with Madi and Evan after the Games, we will have thoughtful and intentional discussions about the best way to support them and the future of the sport. "For now, we plan to join them in supporting the success of U.S. Figure Skating in Milan.""
""It is normal for there to be a range of scores given by different judges in any panel and a number of mechanisms are used to mitigate these variations," the ISU said Friday, adding it has "full confidence in the scores given and remains completely committed to fairness.""
""Any time the public is confused by results, it does a disservice to our sport," Chock said Thursday. "I think it's hard to retain fans when it's difficult to understand what is happening on the ice. People need to understand what they're cheering for and be able to feel confident in the sport that they're supporting.""
U.S. Figure Skating chose not to appeal a French judge's scoring that influenced Madison Chock and Evan Bates losing the Olympic ice dance gold to Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron. U.S. Figure Skating plans thoughtful, intentional follow-up discussions with the skaters about support and the sport's future. In the free dance, judge Jezabel Dabouis favored the French pair by nearly eight points; removing her score would have given Chock and Bates the gold. The U.S. had a 24-hour appeal window. The International Skating Union maintained that score variation across judges is normal and expressed full confidence in the scores. Chock warned that public confusion over results harms fan retention, and Bates said they felt they delivered their best performance on center ice.
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