The pairs’ free skate, on Wednesday night, was the expected showdown between the US’s Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier and the current Japanese champions and reigning world silver medalists, Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara.
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Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac of captured bronze in ice dancing at Skate America on Sunday, their first international medal since they decided to skate for Canada in June of 2021.
Despite a miscue, Madison Chock and Evan Bates still managed to squeak by fellow Americans Kaitlin Hawayak and Jean-Luc Baker to stand atop the ice dance podium at Skate America on Sunday.