{"id":458996,"date":"2026-02-15T18:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/458996\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:58:07","slug":"2026-winter-olympics-team-usa-not-appealing-controversial-madison-chock-evan-bates-ice-dance-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/458996\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Winter Olympics: Team USA not appealing controversial Madison Chock, Evan Bates ice dance results"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics \u2013 Figure Skating \u2013 Ice Dance \u2013 Victory Ceremony \u2013 Milano Ice Skating Arena, Milan, Italy \u2013 February 11, 2026. Silver medallists Madison Chock of United States and Evan Bates of United States celebrate during the Ice Dance Victory Ceremony REUTERS\/Yara Nardi<\/p>\n

Team USA Figure Skating is not appealing the controversial judging in the ice dance competition that resulted in the pair of Madison Chock and Evan Bates finishing with the silver medal behind France\u2019s Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron.<\/p>\n

USA TODAY Sports\u2019 Jordan Mendoza and Christine Brennan<\/a> were the first to report USFS\u2019s decision, as the 24-hour deadline following the result on Feb. 11 had long since expired with no word.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere has been a lot of thoughtful, and at times, emotional discussion about the ice dance competition in Milan,\u201d USFS CEO Matt Farrell\u2019s statement read<\/a>. \u201cWorking 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 US Figure Skating in Milan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chock and Bates\u2019 silver medal was one of the more puzzling results in recent figure skating memory at the Olympics, which fueled talks of controversy after the results revealed a significant discrepancy in the French judge Jezabel Dabouis\u2019s scores between the Americans and the French in their final performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Entering the free dance, Chock and Bates trailed Cizerone and Beaudry by a razor-thin 0.46 points. They were practically perfect in their \u201cPaint It Black\u201d program, yet their score of 134.67 fell suspiciously short of the French\u2019s 135.64, despite Beaudry and Cizerone\u2019s routine featuring noticeable mistakes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe felt like we delivered our absolute best performance that we could have,\u201d Chock said. \u201cIt was our Olympic moment. It felt like a winning skate to us, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re going to hold on to.\u201d<\/p>\n

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She gave Beaudry and Cizerone a score of 137.45 while slapping Chock and Bates with their lowest score of the routine at 129.74. The seven-point discrepancy was the largest of any of the judges and by far the lowest score given to Chock and Bates in the free dance, thus suggesting that Dabouis was clearly favoring her compatriots.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny time the public is confused by results, it does a disservice to our sport,\u201d Chock continued. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to retain fans when it\u2019s difficult to understand what is happening on the ice. I think there needs to be a lot more clarity for the skaters, for the coaches, and for the audience in order to just have a solid fan base moving forward. People need to understand what they\u2019re cheering for and be able to feel confident in the sport that they\u2019re supporting.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more on the Olympics like this Madison Chock and Evan Bates update, visit AMNY.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics \u2013 Figure Skating \u2013 Ice Dance \u2013 Victory Ceremony \u2013 Milano Ice Skating Arena,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5110],"tags":[3189,55232,21567,5,122,55229,3328,159,5190,5189,4,2602,43],"class_list":["post-458996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-islanders","tag-2026-winter-olympics","tag-evan-bates","tag-figure-skating","tag-hockey","tag-islanders","tag-madison-chock","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-islanders","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkislanders","tag-nhl","tag-olympics","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116076185361977507","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}