Chock and Bates win third Skate America title
Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States perform their Free Dance at 2022 Skate America on October 23, 2022 in Norwood, Massachusetts.
2022 Skate America – Ice Dance Recap
USA’s Madison Chock and Evan Bates won their third Skate America Ice Dance title with only 0.73 points to spare in Norwood, Mass., on Sunday afternoon. Teammates Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker won their second silver medal at this event, while Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac of Canada won the bronze in their Grand Prix debut together as a team.
Overnight leaders Chock and Bates wove another story with their new free dance to “Film III,” “Les Tectoniques,” and “Fem III” by experimental-rock cellist and singer Jorane. Their routine featured solid level-four twizzles, dance spin, and two lifts, however the three-time World medalists left points on the table as their choreographic slide didn’t receive any value and their he only received a level one on the one-foot steps. They finished second in the Free Dance (120.17), and with 82.63 from the Rhythm Dance, they scored 202.80 overall to maintain first place.
#ChockBates win #SkateAmerica 2022: “We are overall happy to put out our programs in front of this amazing audience. We had technical issues today that went as far that we didn’t even get credit for an entire element. But this won’t happen again!” #GPFigure pic.twitter.com/6Vn7HcaU9a
— Golden Skate (@goldenskate) October 23, 2022
Hawayek and Baker delivered an expressive and airy Free Dance to “Requiem” and “Sofia” by Askjell which was highlighted by very good level-four one-foot steps and twizzles. The three lifts were also graded a level four, as was the dance spin. The 2018 Four Continents champions scored a new personal best of 122.95 for first place in the Free Dance, and with a total score of 202.07, finished second overall.
“There is not really a story behind our Free Dance, but something we really want to express and remind ourselves of is that we are always enough as people,” said Kawayek. “As athletes, we of course want to grow and improve, but as people we are always enough!”
#HawayekBaker are very happy about their performance today! They improved their PB by 5 points! #SkateAmerica #GPFigure pic.twitter.com/QwcCW22I8I
— Golden Skate (@goldenskate) October 23, 2022
Lauriault and Le Gac, who earned a new personal best in the Rhythm Dance (72.12), produced a clever Free Dance to music from the The Pink Panther which featured level-four twizzles and a level three one-foot steps. The two-time national champions also earned a level four on their curve-rotational lift, but received a deduction for an extended lift. Nevertheless, they maintained third place overall with a new personal best total score of 178.30 points.
#LauriaultLeGac win their first GP medal “It was a life changing experience as we for the 1. time went into a Gp event with the hope to win a medal.We learned that it’s important to believe in ourselves!”They also shared they really enjoy performing both of their programs! pic.twitter.com/S6s7DGOWUI
— Golden Skate (@goldenskate) October 23, 2022
Loicia Demougeot and Theo Le Mercier of France placed fourth (170.89) ahead of Australia’s Holly Harris and Jason Chan (170.20) and Japan’s Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi (169.68).
#MuramotoTakahashi : “Like yesterday we are fine with our performance, we know what we need to work on. It was great putting the programs out there. Daisuke did Phantom of the Opera as a singles skater in 2008 and we wanted to do it again.” pic.twitter.com/ddTbppNVQz
— Golden Skate (@goldenskate) October 23, 2022
Your 2022 #SkateAmerica Ice Dance medalists:
#ChockBates
#HawayekBaker
#LauriaultLeGac #GPFigure pic.twitter.com/s6egR31Wsn— Golden Skate (@goldenskate) October 23, 2022
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