One American ice dancing pair claimed Olympic bronze on Monday in Beijing, however in doing so bumped their teammates off the rostrum.
Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue completed third within the ice dancing competitors, edging out fellow Individuals Madison Chock and Evan Bates for the ultimate medal by 3.25 factors.
France’s Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron captured gold, successful each the rhythm dance and Monday’s free dance on the best way to a piling up a complete rating of 226.98. Russia’s Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov adopted behind with 220.51 factors, taking dwelling the silver.
It marked the primary Olympic ice dancing medal for Hubbell and Donohue, who positioned fourth total within the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang. In Beijing, they completed third in each the rhythm dance (87.13) and free dance (130.89) in what they've mentioned shall be their final season competing collectively.
“It was only a second, I feel, for each of us to say goodbye to Olympic ice,” Hubbell mentioned, “and thank this journey that’s created, , the people who we're at the moment.”
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Chock and Bates put collectively a powerful free dance (130.63) on Monday after just a few bumps of their rhythm dance (84.14), however got here up wanting a medal for the third straight Olympics. The duo completed eighth total within the 2014 Olympics and ninth total within the 2018 Olympics.
Each Hubbell and Donohue and Chock and Bates helped USA declare a silver medal within the workforce occasion final week, although the ultimate outcomes of that competitors are nonetheless pending the doping case of Kamila Valieva, who led Russia to a gold medal.
“To soak up this new expertise on the finish of our profession is one thing we’re very, very grateful for,” Donohue mentioned.
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