Without the French judge’s lopsided scoring, Chock and Bates would have won the gold instead of Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron.
, American figure skating couple Madison Chock and Evan Bates would “consider” an appeal following their silver medal performance in the ice dancing final at the Winter Games in Milan, when they lost to a French duo.
“I think skating is such a subjective sport, but I do think that for fairness it is good when the judges are reviewed for their work. Not just after this competition but every competition to just make sure there’s a fair and even playing field for all athletes.” Still, it doesn’t seem like they have much of a chance at a reversal, despite the outcry regarding the questionable scoring by a French judge, Jezabel Dabouis, who favored the winning pair from France by a wide margin, while the other judges gave the two pairs much closer scores. “It is normal for there to be a range of scores given by different judges in any panel and a number of mechanisms are used to mitigate these variations,” the union said, per ESPN.American snowboarder finishes first — before his shocking DQ Another obstacle could be the timing, The Court of Arbitration said before the Olympics that the hope is these matters get resolved “within hours” of the event. Without the French judge’s lopsided scoring, Chock and Bates would have won the gold instead of Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron. , “It would definitely be helpful if it’s more understandable for the viewers, to just see more transparent judging and understand … what’s really going on.” Chock added: “Because there’s a lot on the line for the skaters when they’re out there giving it their all, and we deserve to have the judges also giving us their all and for it to be a fair and even playing field.”Bates told USA Today
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