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Madison Chock and Evan Bates, American ice dancers, won silver at the Winter Olympics. The article details their 15-year journey, their performance, and their reflections on their career.
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- Madison Chock and Evan Bates, American ice dancers, won silver at the Winter Olympics. The article details their 15-year journey, their performance, and their reflections on their career.
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The disappointment, still raw, coursed through her petite frame.\u201cIt\u2019s definitely, um,\u201d she paused, sniffling, her head still bowed. \u201cIt\u2019s a little bittersweet, because we are so, so happy with how we performed this week. We really gave it our all, and I wouldn\u2019t change anything about how we approached each performance, what we delivered in each performance. \u2026 So I think we\u2019ve got a lot to be proud of and a lot to be grateful for. Because we\u2019ve had an incredible career.\u201dHer wall of composure began to crumble as she thought about all it took to get to this moment. The silver medal around her neck. Evan Bates, her husband and ice dance partner, by her side. Their names worthy of figure skating\u2019s upper echelon. She began to cry as she thought about the sacrifices of their parents, the commitment of their coaches and organizations, and the fans who screamed their names all these years. Appreciation began to blend with the devastation.She paused for a moment, looking at Bates.\u201cSometimes,\u201d she said, quivering, \u201cthat\u2019s just how it shakes out. This is the story for us. And I wouldn\u2019t change anything.\u201dIt\u2019s been a 15-year journey. Of love. Of creativity. Of competition. And, yes, of heartbreak.Chock and Bates became just the third American duo to win Olympic silver in ice dance, joining Meryl Davis and Charlie White, who won silver in 2010, and Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto, who took silver in 2006. Davis and White remain the only Americans to win gold in ice dance, at the Sochi Games in 2014. Chock and Bates earned just the seventh individual U.S. medal in figure skating in 14 cycles.They\u2019ve battled all comers, adversity, injuries and disappointments, the expectations that come with their dominance, even their own mortality in the sport of figure skating.Theirs is a love story as much as a sports one, a partnership forged in the crucible of competition and elevated by perennially renewed affinity. In ice dance, trust is as essential as timing and intimacy as valuable as creativity. Chock and Bates are the best because they move with an unspoken understanding. The security of their lifts, the synchronization of their steps, the consistency of their twizzles. Their bodies, their souls, flow with an agreement earned by devotion.They\u2019re three-time world champions. Three-time Four Continents champs. Seven-time U.S. champions. They own two Olympic gold medals from the team event, the 2026 version secured in large part because of them. They proved clutch for the United States in the team event, winning both the rhythm and free dance competitions.An individual ice dance gold medal would\u2019ve been the ideal culmination to their stellar run. That\u2019s why it hurts so many to see them not secure the perfect ending.But that\u2019s part of the appeal of Bates and Chock. Their brand of greatness \u2014 how they\u2019ve carried themselves, how they attacked their passion and the performances they put on tape \u2014 was golden. And because they are Chock and Bates, they won\u2019t be defined by this cruel conclusion to their dream season.In keeping with their brand, they punctuated this campaign with excellence. In what was likely their third and final Olympic appearance, and their fourth skate in six days, Chock and Bates delivered. A clutch display of showmanship and precision. A season\u2019s best. A performance worthy of their reputation.They were on their game from the start \u2014 as highlighted by the impeccable timing when Chock grabbed and stretched her matador skirt perfectly to the final strum of the guitar in their chosen cover of \u201cPaint it Black\u201d by the Rolling Stones. It was quintessential Chock and Bates.Their score of 134.67 in the free dance bested all 18 skaters before them in Wednesday\u2019s free dance program at Milano Ice Skating Arena. All that remained: France\u2019s astounding duo Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron.\u201cI think we put out our very best skates every time we took the ice,\u201d Chock said in the press conference, past midnight in Milan. \u201cAll four performances we had \u2026 they were flawless for us. We couldn\u2019t have skated any better. We\u2019re super proud with how we took the ice, how we handled ourselves every time. The rest is out of our hands.\u201d\n Silver medalists Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States, at left, gold medalists Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron of France, at center, and bronze medalists Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Canada, at right.Maryam Majd \/ Getty ImagesChock and Bates watched the final performance from a pair of white chairs pushed together. Close enough to be one arrangement. An appropriate scene for the American duo who, having done all they can do, had a moment to breathe after what\u2019s been a surreal journey. One that will go down as one of the best in U.S. history.It began in 2004 when Chock\u2019s family moved from Redondo Beach, Calif., to Novi, Mich., because Chock \u2014 who first ice skated at 5 when her parents took her to Promenade Ice Chalet in Palos Verdes, Calif. \u2014 fell in love with figure skating. She joined All Year FSC, and her coaches recommended she give ice dance a try. She fell in love and got serious. The advice given to her parents: put her in ice dance in either Texas or Michigan. That\u2019s where the best training existed.\n \n \n \n \n What You Should Read Next\n \n \n \n \n Ilia Malinin is nearing Olympic gold. Meet who taught him the quadruple axel\n \n \n Inspired by Rafael Arutyunyan's famed anti-coddling approach, the U.S. superstar is one skate from glory.\n \n \n \n \n \n Chock was just 12 years old when the family relocated. Coincidentally, when the Chocks moved to Michigan, Bates was a sophomore at Huron High in Ann Arbor, about 30 miles from Novi.In 2010, the U.S. Championships in Spokane, Wash., had added significance with the Vancouver Olympics a month away. At this point, Chock and Bates were just friends and fellow ice dancers. Six months earlier, he took her on a date to Bahama Breeze for her birthday. No sparks had flown.Bates\u2019 partner then was Emily Samuelson, a fellow University of Michigan student who went to Novi High. They were an up-and-coming talent in ice dance. After taking silver in the 2009 nationals, they captured third in 2010, earning a spot on the team for the Winter Olympics. They finished 11th in Vancouver.At those same nationals, Chock, then-17, paired with Greg Zuerlein. The 2009 junior U.S. champions took fifth in their first senior nationals. It earned them a spot at the 2010 Four Championships.In September of that year, a freak accident would alter the course of Bates\u2019 career and his life. During a lift while training, Samuelson\u2019s blade lacerated his Achilles tendon. The surgery and recovery knocked Bates off the ice for the first time since he began skating at 4 years old with Ann Arbor FSC. The following June, Bates and Samuelson announced their split as a pair.In June 2011, Zuerlein retired from competition at 23 years old. In the Netflix documentary \u201cGlitter & Gold,\u201d Chock said she went to, essentially, the Hinge for figure skating pairs \u2014 IcePartnerSearch.com.On June 28, Samuelson and Bates confirmed their split. In July, Chock left Southern California again for Michigan to train with Bates at Arctic FSC.\n Jean Catuffe \/ Getty ImagesChock and Bates announced their partnership in July. Chock\u2019s avant-garde imagination would find its perfect match in the canvas of Bates\u2019 malleable refinement. His seasoned steadiness and versatility could morph with and support Chock\u2019s genre-bending perspectives as they created surrealist landscapes and emotive characters with deep edges and choreographic risk. Unflappable Bates and dazzling Chock. They made their debut together at the 2011 Finlandia Trophy and finished third behind their teammates from Arctic.Then, in 2014, after taking silver at nationals, Chock and Bates made their Olympic debut in the Sochi Games. They were the young Americans then \u2014 Bates, 24, and Chock, 21 \u2014 in a field stacked with veteran duets. Their job was to gain valuable Olympic experience, but their composure on that stage hinted at what was to come. Their free dance flashed the speed and commitment that would come to define them. Their confident lifts and twizzles that held up under Olympic pressure. They didn\u2019t medal, but they proved their worthiness.Two years later, Bates finally confessed his feelings for Chock. He wanted to be more than skating partners. Life partners. She shared the sentiment.\u201cWhen that eventually did happen,\u201d Bates told the \u201cToday\u201d show, \u201csome of our friends around us were like, \u2018Duh.\u2019\u201dIn 2018, they endured their first real Olympic disappointment. After a season marred by injury, thanks to bone fragments that chipped off Chock\u2019s ankle, the duo\u2019s skates clashed during a spin. Both fell, ruining their entire element. Having already finished seventh in the shorter skate, they needed near perfection to medal. The opposite happened.In 2022, Chock stumbled in the rhythm dance portion in Beijing. The two finished fourth, just out of the reach of their first individual medal. Bates, then 32, and Chock, 29, had been to three Olympics and the last two, when a medal could be expected, failed to bring their best.It\u2019s the type of thing that eats at competitors. Certainly, it challenges their credibility as an elite team. Why was it always something happening? How could they crest the hill of eliteness?The answer was together. Four months after the Olympics, Bates proposed. They had one more push in them. They had a greatness in them they couldn\u2019t leave on the table. They committed to each other and to the conviction of their unspent potential.They found another level. They won three consecutive world championships starting in 2023. And three consecutive Grand Prix championships in the same span. They became the class of U.S. ice dancing and superstars in the figure skating world.On June 20, 2024, they married in Hawaii at her father\u2019s home. They danced before a sunset painted by a heavenly brush. Because their story isn\u2019t just sports.They\u2019ve embodied the diligence and technical rigor of their sport while preserving the elegance and emotional nuance that elevate programs from clean to transcendent. At the same time, they illuminate something rarer: the endurance of love.Seasons change. Rules evolve. Rivals rise. Duets come and go. The highs of triumphs come down. Heartbreaks heal. But Chock and Bates remained. Perpetually excellent. They choose each other again and again.That\u2019s what stood out as they sat on the white couch, painted in black attire, waiting. They\u2019d done what they came to do. Bates, at the conclusion of their free dance, slammed both fists into his thighs in celebration. Chock, standing over him smiling, leaned in for a moment at center ice.\u201cIt was our gold medal performance,\u201d Bates said. \u201cIt was the best that we could skate. It was a personal best score. It was a fourth performance over six days. It took a lot of mental strength and discipline to be locked in and to continue to go out and skate well. \u2026 I think there\u2019s so many emotions that come through after a week like this. I think when things settle, we\u2019ll be super proud and look back on our time here and be happy with everything that was up to us.\u201dThey eventually learned their score wouldn\u2019t hold up. They\u2019d fall just short of ultimate glory. And as they watched, as they clapped when silver was confirmed, Chock and Bates proved something they\u2019ve illustrated the last 15 years.Together is its own kind of gold.\nBy\u00a0Marcus Thompson IISenior Columnist, Bay Area\n \n Feb 12, 2026SUPPORTED BYConnections: Sports EditionSpot the pattern. 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MILAN β More than an hour had passed since the scores revealed Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates came 1.43 points shy of an Olympic gold medal. Still, Chock hadnβt shaken the devastation. Her eyes, nearly as red as the thin slash of makeup beneath them, welled as she slightly bowed her head. Her voice trembled as she wrestled for composure. The disappointment, still raw, coursed through her petite frame.βItβs definitely, um,β she paused, sniffling, her head still bowed. βItβs a little bittersweet, because we are so, so happy with how we performed this week. We really gave it our all, and I wouldnβt change anything about how we approached each performance, what we delivered in each performance. β¦ So I think weβve got a lot to be proud of and a lot to be grateful for. Because weβve had an incredible career.βHer wall of composure began to crumble as she thought about all it took to get to this moment. The silver medal around her neck. Evan Bates, her husband and ice dance partner, by...
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Figure Skating , Olympics π a11781af-81e1-4973-ac38-d9e221374b33Simplified: Madison Chock and Evan Bates came 1.43 points shy of an Olympic gold medal
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Davis and White remain the only Americans to win gold in ice dance, at the Sochi Games in 2014.1.000π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Figure Skating , Olympics π a11781af-f8f9-4601-8362-f87105918a1fSimplified: Davis and White remain only Americans to win gold in ice dance at Sochi Games in 2014
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Figure Skating , Olympics π a11781b0-41df-4497-9113-ddcd31b2c753Simplified: They own two Olympic gold medals from team event 2026 version secured in large part because of them
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Figure Skating , Olympics π a11781b0-6ce9-4a6f-bf53-79193c1039ddSimplified: Their score of 134.67 in free dance bested all 18 skaters before them in Wednesday's free dance program at Milano Ice Skating Arena
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Simplified: Chock's family moved from Redondo Beach Calif to Novi Mich because Chock fell in love with figure skating
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Simplified: She joined All Year FSC and her coaches recommended she give ice dance a try
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Simplified: Advice given to her parents put her in ice dance in either Texas or Michigan
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Simplified: Bates was a sophomore at Huron High in Ann Arbor about 30 miles from Novi when the Chocks moved to Michigan
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Simplified: The U.S. Championships in Spokane Washington had added significance with the Vancouver Olympics a month away in 2010
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Simplified: Chock and Bates were just friends and fellow ice dancers at this point
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Simplified: He took her on a date to Bahama Breeze for her birthday six months earlier
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No sparks had flown.0.500Simplified: No sparks had flown
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Simplified: They were an up-and-coming talent in ice dance
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Simplified: They captured third in 2010 earning a spot on the team for the Winter Olympics after taking silver in the 2009 nationals
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Simplified: They finished 11th in Vancouver
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In September of that year, a freak accident would alter the course of Batesβ career and his life.0.500Simplified: A freak accident would alter the course of Bates' career and his life in September of that year
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Simplified: Samuelson's blade lacerated his Achilles tendon during a lift while training
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Simplified: The surgery and recovery knocked Bates off the ice for the first time since he began skating at 4 years old with Ann Arbor FSC
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Simplified: Bates and Samuelson announced their split as a pair the following June
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Simplified: Zuerlein retired from competition at 23 years old in June 2011
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Simplified: Chock said she went to IcePartnerSearch.com the Hinge for figure skating pairs in the Netflix documentary βGlitter & Goldβ
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Simplified: They made their debut together at the 2011 Finlandia Trophy and finished third behind their teammates from Arctic
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Simplified: Their job was to gain valuable Olympic experience but their composure on that stage hinted at what was to come
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Life partners.0.500Simplified: Life partners
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Simplified: I feel like I know her
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Simplified: The duo's skates clashed during a spin after a season marred by injury thanks to bone fragments that chipped off Chock's ankle
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Simplified: Both fell ruining their entire element
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Simplified: They needed near perfection to medal having already finished seventh in the shorter skate
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Simplified: They won three consecutive world championships starting in 2023
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Simplified: They married in Hawaii at her father's home on June 20 2024
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Simplified: They danced before a sunset painted by a heavenly brush
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Bates, at the conclusion of their free dance, slammed both fists into his thighs in celebration.0.500Simplified: Bates slammed both fists into his thighs in celebration at the conclusion of their free dance
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Simplified: Chock leaned in for a moment at center ice standing over him smiling
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Simplified: It was a personal best score
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Simplified: It was a fourth performance over six days
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Simplified: They eventually learned their score would not hold up
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π€ The author π News Article π a11781b4-07ee-4a91-8061-46e32903d755Simplified: Marcus Thompson II is a lead columnist at The Athletic
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π€ The author π News Article π a11781b4-40de-49f8-8f64-c9e5346d55eaSimplified: He is a prominent voice in Bay Area sports scene after 18 years with Bay Area News Group including 10 seasons covering Warriors and four as columnist
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π€ The author π News Article π a11781b4-6a18-42d2-a8bb-ed524c2c01b5Simplified: Marcus is author of best-selling biography "GOLDEN The Miraculous Rise of Steph Curry"
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π€ The author π News Article π a11781b4-9bb9-4109-a67d-5303a4c4875dSimplified: Follow Marcus on Twitter @thompsonscribe