Their free program is the culmination of that farewell, Hubbell told TIME. The duowere ineighth headed into the free dance after scoring78.54in the rhythm dance. 15 TURKKILA Juulia / VERSLUIS Matthias FIN 173.88 Because they are all equally good. While the concept was a risk in an Olympic year, it proved to be worth it. Beijing / CHN: Capital Indoor Stadium : 27.01.2022 - 20.02.2022 : Category Segment Reports; Men Single Skating: Entries But in the free skate, Donohue put his hand to the ice during a twizzle maneuver, when the partners perform turns in sync as they move across the ice, during the closing moments of their routine. Winter Olympics Monday recap: Kaillie Humphries gold; ice dance bronze Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia skate in the team program. Papadakis and Cizeron were Olympic silver medallists in 2018 and are looking to go one step up on the podium here in Beijing. Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia, Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue of the United States. Close behind was ROC. At the 2018 Olympics, Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue were in third place after the rhythm dance. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6. Chock/Bates skated first among the top four, their alien-and-astronaut free dance set to Daft Punk helping them to deliver a career-best free dance of 130.63, putting the pressure on the top three teams from the rhythm dance. The elite training center for ice dance is now in Montreal. A world record score was set by Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron in the rhythm dance and then another was set with their total score of 226.98 points that clinched the gold for the French team. "Today I was very stressed but it's not the same level at all. That means the American teams are currently in first and second, with two teams left. Sinitsina/Katsalapov won at Europeans last month, however, the French did not compete. In Beijing, Canada's best hope for a medal appears to be ice dancers Piper . @TeamUSA | #WinterOlympics pic.twitter.com/bFVrEBDPJI. 12 WANG Shiyue / LIU Xinyu CHN 184.42 They finished the free skate in first place after posting a world-record overall score of 226.98. #WinterOlympics pic.twitter.com/lrcxSvjtFG. The ice dance competition in figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 12 February (rhythm dance) and 14 February (free dance), at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Haidian District of Beijing. They are participating in their third consecutive Olympics as a team. Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron (FRA): 90.83 2. "Four years ago [when the duo had a costume issue and finished second], it was kind of a nightmare, and here it was very enjoyable. It was an Olympic sendoff for Hubbell and Donohue, whose careers are winding downin what will mark their final season. Hubbell and Donohue are in third place again after the Olympic rhythm dance, ahead of teammates Madison Chock and Evan Bates. Hubbell and Donohue also performed well in their latest showing: That's how to close the rhythm dance! "It's funny because Patrice asked me that in the car today," Dubreuil said after Saturday's rhythm dance. Team USA's Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue won the bronze with 218.02. In the end,Papadakis and Cizeron dazzled and dominated on their path to gold. Ive got a packed schedule; Ive got no down time!. Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue won the bronze in the ice dancing competition. Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue of the United States competed in rhythm dance on Saturday. Published February 14, 2022 Updated on February 14, 2022 at 3:22 pm. The duo, skating to "Elegie", turned in an elegant and classic performance skating over the Olympic Rings, bettering their silver medal finish behind Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir at PyeongChang 2018. When search suggestions are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. Man. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Thanks for contacting us. Hubbell and Donohue finished fourth in the ice dance in the 2018 Olympics, but the duo guaranteed themselves the bronze this time around after a phenomenal free dance. Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue of the United States won the bronze medal, ahead of another American team, Madison Chock and Evan Bates. We've received your submission. Update: Kamila Valieva stumbles in return, then floats to first place. Papadakis called it her worst nightmare, and it seemed to leave the couple somewhat unnerved. Finishing. The ice dance competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics came to a close not long after the Super Bowl did, with the free dance on Sunday night. And while Diaz and Hubbell might be dueling it out on the ice, theyre not the only couple competing in the event. Since 2018, Papadakis and Cizeron have lost only one competition to Sinitsa and Katsalapov at the 2020 European championships. The event's encore belonged indeed to the French, who skated last and would earn France just its third medal of these Winter Games. Britains Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson opened the second-to-last group with a Lion King medley, featuring Circle of Life and He Lives in You. (It is the best Disney movie and we will not tolerate any dissent on the matter.) "It's something non-tangible," Sorensen said. Asked if they would skate on into the next Olympic quad, Papadakis only could commit to next mont's worlds - which are in France. Ice Dancing: See Photo Highlights of the Medal Routines - New York Times Official results of the figure-skating Ice Dance event at the Beijing Winter Olympics. The energy that Marie and Patrice have set from the beginning in the arena, there's just no room for bullshit. Chock and Bates have won a total of three U.S. national titles. He compared it to Canada's short-track speed skating team that trains in Montreal. Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of Team France skate during the Ice Dance Free Dance on day ten of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on Feb. 14, 2022 in Beijing. https://t.co/MVHKlizrtV pic.twitter.com/VHnr91B4WU. Papadakis and Cizeron not only produced the best score on Saturday, it was the best in this event's history with an outstanding showing: A world record short skate from French team Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron with a score of 90.83.

They're widely expected to take ice dance gold, which would be their first Olympic title.

So far, they're fulfilling expectations.#FigureSkating #Beijing2022, Its not just that Papadakis and Cizerons skating is sublime and that they are at their prime, its that they have gotten to this level while being authentically themselves and revolutionizing this sport along the way #figureskating #beijing2022, Papadakis and Cizeron have so many strengths. When search suggestions are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France, the gold medalists. Four months later, the quality of the French performances was unsurpassed in Beijing. This story has been shared 213,004 times. Hubbell and Donohue announced at the beginning of the season that they are retiring after 11 years. We are disappointed we didnt medal but we are still proud of our career and what we have achieved, Chock told reporters. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our, Digital The French won the free dance in their Olympic debut but could not make up the deficit from the short skate and lost the gold by the slimmest of margins, 206.07 points to 205.28. It marked the first Olympic ice dancing medal for Hubbell and Donohue, who placed fourth overall in the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang. They're around two points clear of reigning world champions Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov of the ROC, who bettered their own personal best by just over a tenth of a point, scoring 88.85, but couldn't match the French duo's brilliance. Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron (FRA): 90.83 2. A twizzle is characterized by how fluid it is, and yet the move is also risky and technically demanding. Beijing 2022 Figure skating Ice Dance Results - Olympics.com The move involves rotating on one skate while moving across the ice, forward or backward. Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Burkin (ROC): 84.09. Ice Dance: France Wins Gold, U.S. Wins Bronze at Beijing Olympics - Time Silver SINITSINA Victoria / KATSALAPOV Nikita ROC 220.51 She called it her worst nightmare., The French won the free dance, aspiring to perfection, but could not overcome Virtue and Moir. Olympic Ice Dance: Inside the School Where Top Teams Train - Time And putting her manicurist skills to use. The French team of Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, four-time world champions, are the big favorites for gold in . Donohue admitted the pairing got off to a rocky start because, I was immature and under developed in how to communicate; I was rough. They dated, then broke up but remained skating partners through it all. "They train shoulder-by-shoulder every day long, it's competition all day long, they'll push each other and that's why people get better," he said. ", Papadakis added: "The past four years, we've been focusing on [this] event, basically, even though we had other competitions, all the decisions that we did was for this event, so it was definitely in our mind and something to juggle, but it's what sport is especially at this level, it's a lot of mental gymnastics and mental strength to work on and it's part of the journey.". If Sinitsina and Katsalapov win gold in Beijing, it will mark the eighth time that a Soviet/Russian couple has won the ice dancing competition in the 13 Olympics since the sport was introduced to the Games in Innsbruck, Austria, in 1976. February 11, 2022 8:00 AM EST. Canada's pair of Piper Gilles and PaulPoirier missed out on medals in ice dancing at Beijing 2022, finishingthe free dance portion of the competition with a total score of 204.78. Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin of Russia finished fifth in the rhythm dance last week. Beijing 2022 | Papadakis & Cizeron notch gold in figure skating's ice Fournier Beaudry said sitting in the locker room, lacing up her skates before going on the ice, she was surrounded by her training mates from Montreal. The Hubbell-Donohue partnership has shared the top tier of American ice dancing with Madison Chock and Evan Bates, who won the national title last month. Ice dance pairs perform these rotations quickly, often while side by side and close to each other on the ice, but without touching. For most couples, a competitive Valentines Day might be trying to outdo each other with gifts. Our program is deeply rooted in the message of accepting and finding love with someone who is different than you, Chock told TIME. She is not, although they have been competing together for more than a decade and were in fact a romantic item at one point. This is the second Olympics at which I.AM teams have earned two spots on the podium. Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. Ice dance: Papadakis/Cizeron lead after Olympic rhythm dance - results The ice dance competition in figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 12 February (rhythm dance) and 14 February (free dance), at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Haidian District of Beijing. US wins ice dancing bronze at Beijing Winter Olympics | 9news.com Their routine reflected that evolution of two people who have lived together, loved together, struggled together, and ultimately came through those challenges together. Tina Garabedian and Simon Proulx Senecal of Armenia. Canada's Gilles and Poirier miss podium, France's Papadakis and Cizeron take gold, Olympic champion Scott Moir back on the ice with new coaching gig, CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices. 4 CHOCK Madison / BATES Evan USA 214.77 Even at the Olympics, as the the ice dance kicked off tonight (12 February) with the rhythm dance inside the Capital Indoor Stadium at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, with four-time world champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France showing exactly how it's done by setting a new world record score of 90.83 points. Madison Chock and Evan Bates sit in fourth place, three points behind Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donahue. Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin are in fifth place, in their first Olympics. Papadakis and Cizeron are an obvious a favorite after taking silver four years ago in PyeongChang, South Korea, to go with four world championships together. The first group of teams kicks off the free dance. AP Follow all the 2022 Olympics action Daily updated medal counts, results, schedule, athlete bios and. That gave them 226.98 points, beating their previous mark of 226.61 set at the 2019 NHK Trophy in Japan, and easily enough to hold off Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov. It doesn't feel crowded. Afterward, Papadakis was left so full of contradictory emotions that she told reporters, I think Id start to cry if you tell me now that the dog of your grandmother died.. The ethereal Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron have a hefty edge. Bukin is channeling, if not a Disney Prince, then a Disney Prince Attendant, while Stepanova is a vision in peach. Chock and Bates placed fourth in Beijing . The coaches have done an extremely good job of keeping us all positive.". The gold would belong to Papadakis/Cizeron, though Sinitsina/Katsalapov continued the streak of strong skates with the "Piano Concerto No. liberated a narrow defeat at the 2018 Games. The winner of the Olympic ice dancing competition will be determined by combining each pairs scores from the rhythm dance and free dance portions of the competition. Photographs by James Hill. Hubbell and Donohue led the rhythm dance portion, while Chock and Bates posted the best score in free dance. Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson of Great Britain. 13 LAJOIE Marjorie / LAGHA Zachary CAN 181.02 XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022 - isuresults.com And my body wants to be nervous.". U.S. national bronze medalists, Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker, made a statement with their understated and technically precise program to Chopin, while Chinas Shiyue Wang and Xinyu Liu are hoping to earn the countrys first Olympic ice dance medal. Ice dance dominance: 10 Olympic teams, including champions, call - CBC The French pairing's masterpiece shouldn't overshadow how well their competitors did in their own right. Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov had the second-highest score of the season and are the 2021 World champions, where Papadakis/Cizeron did not compete. Suddenly, a competition is a conduit for more than skating, she wrote. The crowd of a few hundred fans here in Beijing woke up for the Chinese team, Wang Shiyue and Liu Xinyu, and they delivered with a performance that had them leading the pack. Both American couples train in the ice dancing hub of Montreal, as do the French champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron. IOC; Gangwon 2024; Paris 2024; Milano Cortina 2026; LA 2028; Brisbane 2032; Museum; With a technically precise and artistically fluid program, the French team easily overcame the Russians in both technical elements and program components, with a score of 136.15. Audience Relations, CBC P.O. The Ice Academy of Montreal (I.AM), founded in. Photo Highlights: See the Ice Dancing Rhythm Dance - New York Times Now its time to play the amusing guessing game of, Which of These Couples Is Actually Dating in Real Life? You have reached your limit of free articles. [The program] is a melting pot of all the extreme emotions we can feel as humans and what we have been through ourselves, through our lives and through our careers. The performance was hallmark Papadakis and Cizeron, whom Dubreuil described as being poetic on the icedeep edges and impeccable technique that made it seem like they were floating, rather than gliding on the ice. Ivan Bukin and Stepanova had been scheduled to compete in the 2018 Olympics, but were swept up in the fallout from Russias state-sponsored doping scheme utilized at the 2014 Games in Sochi. Magazines, Digital WATCH | France's Papadakis and Cizeron skate to gold in Beijing: The last figure skaters on the ice for the free dance, Papadakis and Cizeron scored 136.15 points for their performance to "Elegie" by the early 20th century French composer Gabriel Faure. If you look closely, you can see quite a bit of chest hair peeking out from the deep V-neck in the shirt. Vedenin said his words had been taken out of context or translated imprecisely. A month later, they won a silver medal at the 2018 world championships and have since collected two additional world medals and two United States titles. But not enough. Phenomenally skated from Hubbell/Donohue in what will be their final Olympic performance - thank you for that skatehttps://t.co/y7KyKJHVmV #Beijing2022 #figureskating. While the rhythm dance marked the first time skating had been held in the evening this Olympics, the free dance is set to move back to the morning: Monday, 14 February - 0915 local - Ice dance - free dance. The duo scored 90.83 in the rhythm dance, topping the 22 other teams in Beijing, China. We have been waiting for this. Because the ball gets rolling, you're more nervous for the first team, then you get in the moment.". Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics - Ice dance Both we and our coaches are completely satisfied. Its memories, its eye contact that I will never forget.. Twizzles appear in ice dance routines in which the skaters must perform the elements in sync with each other, although single skaters also use the element. Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron (FRA): 90.83, 2. 18 GARABEDIAN Tina / PROULX SENECAL Simon ARM 167.03 One American ice dancing pair claimed Olympic bronze on Monday in Beijing, but in doing so bumped their teammates off the podium. It had been 15 years since she and husband, Patrice Lauzon, had stepped on the competitive ice. Each peaked at second place in the world championship, whileHubbell and Donohue finished in fourth place in the 2018 Games in PyeongChang. "I was just so hungry, so focused. From there, several teams vaulted into first place, but the top medal contenders remain in the final group. Results from the Ice Dance Figure Skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Im fascinated by how the skaters decide whether or not to coordinate their outfits. Vedenin said that the French couple had skated beautifully and would be hard to beat. But, in reference to Cizeron, who is gay, Vedenin said the French skate with class but are cold, adding, The partner doesnt have a traditional orientation and he cant hide it., By contrast, Vedenin said, Sinitsina and Katsalapov can express true love., The French Figure Skating Federation filed a complaint with the sports international governing body, the International Skating Union, which condemned the remarks. Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France reach the top. The French couple won the rhythm dance in Beijing with 90.83 points, a world record.

They skated in such unison that there appeared at times to be one skater on the ice instead of two. The French partners Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron won the rhythm dance portion of the Olympic competition in their ethereal style with a world record of 90.83 points. The skating partners are competing in their first Olympics, which has been a longtime goal but a frustrating reality for Bukin. We can say that most likely this is the best skate of the season. Chock and Bates put up a medal-worthy performance, but the bottom line is the three teams ahead of them were simply fantastic. A skating error hurt Chock and Bates in their latest run,but they remain in the hunt for a medal with their overall performance: "The best lifts in the world." This is the medal that we wanted. "This (winning an Olympic medal) is every athlete's dream, it's something they work all their lives for," said Sinitsina. Wong gave them their due credit. "No," Lauzon said with a laugh. The skaters in Beijing echoed those sentiments. A third American team also qualified for the finals with Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker sitting in 11th: Twizzles, twizzles again and twizzles some more. WATCH | Canada's Gilles, Poirier place 7th: There certainly wasn't a sense of fierce competition between the teams in Beijing. He is the son of Andrei Bukin, who won gold in ice dancing at the 1988 Calgary Olympics with his partner Natalia Bestemianova. Moir, meanwhile, was hired a year ago as the head coach of a satellite Ice Academy in southern Ontario. Medals update: Papadakis and Cizeron win gold in Beijing 2022 figure The Russian team of Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov won silver. Their "Elegie" program sent string music bouncing throughout the arena, and their program built as they skated. "I think we dont believe it yet," Papadakis said after the win through a fittingly golden mask. Diaz and his partner Olivia Smart are coming into the free dance component in 12th place. Her bold decision to wear all one color makes for a relaxing viewing experience, a change from the riotous patterns some of the skaters wear. The 30-year-olds came into these Games having wona bronze medal at the 2021 world championships. Last October, in their first competition in 20 months, in Finland, Papadakis and Cizeron took first place but faced what appeared to be a cynical attempt by a Russian skating judge to promote the Olympic prospects of Sinitsina and Katsalapov. They had four teams four years later in Pyeongchang, including Canada's Olympic champs Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. Hubbell with her skating partner, Zachary Donohue, in the rhythm dance on Saturday. Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue, of the United States, perform their routine in the ice dance competition during the figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in .