Chock and Bates Withdraw From World Championships, Signaling Possible End to Competitive Career
Their season-ending choice follows a narrow Olympic silver that drew scrutiny over judging.
Overview
- Madison Chock and Evan Bates confirmed they will skip the World Figure Skating Championships in Prague, ending their season after the Milan Cortina Olympics.
- U.S. Figure Skating named Caroline Green and Michael Parsons as replacements for the ice dance slots at worlds.
- Chock and Bates said their season felt complete after delivering four Olympic programs, sharing the update in statements echoed on Instagram.
- The duo helped Team USA win the Olympic team gold and took ice dance silver by 1.43 points behind France’s Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron.
- The result drew attention to judging after French judge Jézabel Dabouis posted unusually wide margins, even as five of nine judges had the Americans ahead.