{"id":8509,"date":"2026-02-18T10:04:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T10:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=8509"},"modified":"2026-02-18T10:04:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T10:04:34","slug":"madison-chock-and-evan-bates-drop-bombshell-decision-after-explosive-olympic-scoring-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=8509","title":{"rendered":"Madison Chock And Evan Bates Drop Bombshell Decision After Explosive Olympic Scoring Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"l-article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"c-headline c-headline--extra-large entry-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2260591732-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2260591732-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2260591732-1.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2260591732-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Madison Chock and Evan Bates.\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"395\" data-dom-ready-time=\"938\" \/><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"eyeo\" data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1703381\" data-uid=\"0585c\" data-src-id=\"${PUBLISHER_ID}\">\n<div id=\"mgw1703381_0585c\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__content\">\n<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Madison Chock and Evan Bates: Married ice dancing couple makes announcement after their controversial silver medal.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>Married ice dancing couple Madison Chock and Evan Bates have been center stage at the\u00a02026 Winter Olympics\u00a0for not only their graceful performances on the ice but also a controversy off the ice. The\u00a0ice dancing pair\u00a0took home the silver medal in the free skate competition on Wednesday, February 11, but some thought they deserved the gold.<\/p>\n<div class=\"eyeo\" data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1703381\" data-uid=\"131ae\" data-src-id=\"${PUBLISHER_ID}\">\n<div id=\"mgw1703381_131ae\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p>For the vent, France\u2019s\u00a0Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Beaudry Fournier\u00a0scored the gold with a higher technical score of 77.06 to Chock and Bates\u2019 76.75,\u00a0according to figure stating research. But, some viewers felt that there was favoritism and that Chock and Bates should have prevailed as No. 1.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>Now, one day after the competition, Chock and Bates are breaking their silence about winning the silver, amid the controversy that they should have gotten gold. One of them was live Milan reporter Lukas Weese of The Athletic, who published a piece about the ice dancing results and said that he believes Madison Chock and Evan Bates should have gotten gold.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_1_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-1 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe judges gave Cizeron\/Beaudry Fournier a higher technical score (77.06) than Chock\/Bates (76.75), which is fair,\u201d\u00a0he stated in a piece after the results coming out. \u201cWhat I disagree is the composition, presentation and skating skills, which favored the French duo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt that the emotion and performance quality of Chock\/Bates was higher, aided with a better song choice,\u201d he added. \u201cThe crowd agreed.\u00a0The judges didn\u2019t see it that way and that\u2019s why France is the Olympic champion by the slimmest of margins.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_2_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-2 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_2\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Madison Chock and Evan Bates Announce News<\/h2>\n<div id=\"d1518329cc843e80deafb0ba63c72522\" class=\"embed_container\">\n<div class=\"lazy-embed lazy-embed--ssr embed-instagram-com lazy-embed--loaded\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUv3VK-Edxv\/\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUv3VK-Edxv\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=1312&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fheavy.com&amp;rp=%2Fsports%2Folympics%2Fmadison-chock-evan-bates-make-announcement%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A6593.200000000186%7D\" height=\"1186\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-origwidth=\"\" data-origheight=\"1186\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>With so many calling for Chock and Bates to get gold, there was the belief that these two would contest the results and go for the gold. In fact, the two even indicated that they were thinking about it, in multiple interviews.<\/p>\n<p>But, now, the two have decided not to contest the results and keep the silver. On Sunday, February 15, U.S. Figure Skating announced that they didn\u2019t appeal the French judge\u2019s scoring.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_3_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-3 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_3\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere has been a lot of thoughtful, and at times emotional, discussion about the ice dance competition in Milan,\u201d USFS CEO Matt Farrell said in a\u00a0statement to USA Today Sports. \u201cWorking together with Madi and Evan after the Games, we will have thoughtful and intentional discussions about the best way to support them and the future of the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor now,\u201d Farrell added, \u201cwe plan to join them in supporting the success of U.S. Figure Skating in Milan.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_4_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-4 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_4\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Madison Chock and Evan Bates: Married Couple Breaks Comments on Olympic Journey<\/h2>\n<p>Following the silver medal honor,\u00a0the married couple took to social media to post a photo of themselves\u00a0winning the silver medal. They didn\u2019t discussed the controversy and instead focused on the positive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s truly an honor to skate on Olympic ice, and we\u2019re so proud of how hard we worked to get here and deliver our very best,\u201d they stated in the post. \u201cThank you to our families, friends, fellow skaters and all the fans back home and around the world for your support. We are so incredibly grateful for all of the love.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\">\n<div class=\"eyeo\" data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1602770\" data-src-id=\"${PUBLISHER_ID}\" data-uid=\"0d1eb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty&nbsp; Madison Chock and Evan Bates: Married ice dancing couple makes announcement after their controversial silver medal. 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