Chock and Bates push Milan rhythm dance toward gold contention
Madison Chock and Evan Bates opened their Olympic ice dance campaign in Milan with a poised rhythm dance, finishing second with 89.72 points—within four tenths of the leaders Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron—keeping gold within reach as the free dance approaches, with Gilles/Poirier, Fear/Gibson, and Guignard/Fabbri also close behind heading into the final segment.