Overview
- France’s Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron won gold with 225.82 points, edging Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates at 224.39.
- Five of the nine judges individually scored Chock and Bates higher, but the combined panel totals produced the French victory.
- French judge Jezabel Dabouis (also reported as Dabois) gave the French duo 137.45 and the Americans 129.74 in the free dance, a gap of about 7.7 points that stood out from the panel.
- The International Skating Union said it has full confidence in the scores and emphasized its commitment to fairness, leaving the official result unchanged.
- Chock and Bates said they may consider an appeal and called for vetted, more transparent judging, as a fan petition urging a review neared 9,000 signatures on Thursday and observers note an appeal is unlikely to alter medals.