Olympics-Figure skating-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 - February 11, 2026. Madison Chock of United States and Evan Bates of United States perform during the free dance REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

MILAN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - 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.

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