Ilia Malinin's Disappointing Performance at Winter Olympics
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Team USA's Madison Chock and Evan Bates took home the silver medal in the ice dance competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Ilia Malinin is in first place in men's figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics after scoring 108.16 in the short program on Tuesday in Milano Ice Skating Arena in Assago, Italy.
Jordan Stolz emerged as the breakout star of these Games while Madison Chock and Evan Bates came up just short of gold
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Before Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir were broadcasters for NBC at the Winter Olympics, they both had impressive figure skating careers.
The new French ice dance team of Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron has claimed Olympic gold at the Milan Cortina games.
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After Team USA figure skating duo Madison Chock and Evan Bates nabbed a surprisingly low score, their rivals Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron have entered contention for a gold medal.
However, when it comes to the total number of medals won by Canada at any past edition of the Winter Games, the country's best performance came at PyeongChang 2018, where Canadian athletes brought home 29 medals — 14 gold, 8 silver and 10 bronze — again, finishing third in the overall standings.