Overview
- Team USA clinched the team event gold, boosted by Chock and Bates’ 133.23 on Day 2 that topped Italy’s Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri by nearly 10 points and put the U.S. ahead.
- The individual ice dance qualifier starts Monday at 1:20 p.m. ET, with the free dance final Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. ET on USA Network and NBC.
- As three-time world champions and seven-time U.S. champions, Chock and Bates enter as leading contenders seeking their first Olympic ice dance medal.
- The quick shift from the team event (Feb. 6–8) to the individual rounds tightens recovery time before the medal-deciding free dance.
- Teaming up in 2011 and marrying in 2024, the duo often cites their long partnership and chemistry, with Chock’s Hawaiian roots frequently highlighted in profiles.