Fans of Chock and Bates Launch Petition Questioning Ice Dance Result

Fans of Chock and Bates Launch Petition Questioning Ice Dance Result
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Figure Skating - Ice Dance - Free Dance - Milano Ice Skating Arena, Milan, Italy - on Feb. 11, 2026. Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
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MILAN—Triple world ice dance champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates will leave the Milano ‌Cortina Olympics with silver medals, but also an outpouring of support from fans questioning the judging that denied them gold.

Debate around Wednesday night’s ice dance victory by French duo Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron has sparked ‌a petition on Change.org calling for the International Skating Union to review the scoring.