Questionable Scoring and a “Sinister” French Pair: The 2026 Olympic Ice Dancing Drama, Explained

If skating’s history weren’t enough to make some side-eye yesterday’s ice dancing scores, there’s the added drama of who bested Chock and Bates: the newly formed French couple Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron, who got a fractionally higher score of 90.18 for their dance to Madonna’s “Vogue.” Beaudry and Cizeron, who first teamed up last March, entered the Games amid a swirl of controversy regarding both of their past partners. According to former Olympian Adam Rippon in Netflix’s new three-part docuseries on ice dancing, Glitter and Gold, there’s something “sinister” surrounding the couple.

Cizeron is the reigning 2022 Olympic champion; he won gold with Gabriella Papadakis. But the two…

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