Madison Chock and Evan Bates, U.S. ice dance stars, win third straight world title

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AdvertisementCanada’s Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier won silver with a score of 216.54. Great Britain’s Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson took bronze with a 207.11. “Yeah, keep going, guys,” she implored them. “Keep it up. It’s just such a joy to see.” “Yeah, keep going, guys,” she implored them. “Keep it up. It’s just such […]

AdvertisementCanada’s Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier won silver with a score of 216.54. Great Britain’s Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson took bronze with a 207.11.

“Yeah, keep going, guys,” she implored them. “Keep it up. It’s just such a joy to see.”

Chock and Bates weren’t the only Americans to have a big day. Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko posted a season-best score of 123.37 in the free dance, putting them into the lead entering the final group of five pairs. They finished fifth with a total score of 204.88.Fear turned to her figure skating elders.Fear, 25, was 15 years old when Chock and Bates won their first medal.The figure skating couple of Chock and Bates is an American institution. They are the first to win three consecutive world championship ice dancing golds since Russians Oksana Grishuk and Evgeni Platov won four straight from 1994 to 1997. The only other American pair to win at worlds was Meryl Davis and Charlie White in 2011 and 2013. Those two also won silver in 2010 and 2012.