"While Chock and Bates, who have skated together for 15 years and got married in 2024, Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron shot to the top of the sport after just 11 months together. When the winning score was announced Cizeron hugged his coach and covered his face while crying. Chock and Bates, sitting next to the kiss-and-cry in white arm chairs reserved for the current leaders, clapped politely."
"The three-time world champions and seven-time U.S. champions were in their fourth Olympics together. Bates was competing on this stage for the fifth time. On a team with only one other athlete with previous Olympic experience - 20-year-old Alysa Liu skated in Beijing as a teenager - Chock and Bates became the unofficial parents to their younger teammates, including Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik, who finished fifth, and 11th-place finishers Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko."
Madison Chock and Evan Bates won their first Olympic medal, earning silver in their fourth Olympics together and finishing 1.43 points behind France's Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron. Cizeron secured back-to-back Olympic titles with different partners after winning in Beijing with Gabriella Papadakis. Chock and Bates have skated together for 15 years and married in 2024, while Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron rose to the top after just 11 months together. Chock and Bates contributed to the United States' team gold by winning both dance programs. They served as experienced leaders and mentors to younger teammates and overcame past Olympic setbacks.
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