#olympic-ice-dance

#olympic-ice-dance

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, an ISU spokesperson said. The ISU has full confidence in the scores given and remains completely committed to fairness. The reassurance comes as scrutiny focuses on the scoring submitted by the French judge on the nine-member panel.

MILAN -- The new French ice dance team of Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron upset the dominant team of the past four years, American stars Madison Chock and Evan Bates, and claimed Olympic gold at the Milan Cortina Games on Wednesday night. Beaudry and Cizeron had to follow a season-best performance by the three-time reigning world champions, and they did it with near perfection.