ST. LOUIS — Madison Chock and Evan Bates gained their file seventh U.S. ice dance championship Saturday to solidify their place in subsequent month’s Milan Cortina Video games.
The pair ran away with the title at Enterprise Heart, ending nearly 15 factors forward of silver medalists Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik. Chock and Bates will head to their fourth Olympics after breaking a tie with Meryl Davis and Charlie White for probably the most nationwide ice dance titles.
Now forward of the American ice dance trailblazers in a single class, Chock and Bates are nonetheless making an attempt to catch Davis and White in one other. They’re three-time world champions and three-time Grand Prix Closing champions however have but to win a person Olympic medal.
In 2014, Davis and White turned the primary U.S. pair to win Olympic gold in ice dance, an exclamation level on their dominant period that included six consecutive nationwide championships from 2009 to 2014.
Chock and Bates helped the US to the staff gold in 2022, however they completed fourth of their particular person occasion. Chock, a Redondo Seaside native, slipped on the pair’s midline step sequence in the course of the rhythm dance. As a substitute, fellow Individuals Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donahue completed third to proceed the streak of 5 consecutive Olympic Video games with a U.S. ice dance medal.
Chock and Bates, who’re the primary ice dance staff to win three consecutive world championships since 1996, are favorites to say gold in Milan, the place they are going to be joined by two different U.S. ice dance pairs.
U.S. Determine Skating will announce the Olympic roster Sunday. In place to make her first journey to the Video games, Zingas lined her mouth along with her hand in shock within the kiss-and-cry after she and Kolesnik scored a season greatest within the free skate. Kolesnik wrapped her in a decent hug earlier than they exited the stage with tears of their eyes.
Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomerenko, who have been the second-best U.S. staff on the 2025 world championships, took the bronze.
