Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Ice dance

In 2016, an independent report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirmed allegations that the Russian Olympic team had been involved in a state-sponsored doping program from at least late 2011 through February 2014, when Russia hosted the Winter Olympics in Sochi.^[2][3] On 9 December 2019, the WADA banned Russia from all international competitions after it found that data provided by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency had been manipulated by Russian authorities in order to protect athletes involved in its doping scheme.^[4] Under a ban imposed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in December 2019, Russian athletes could not use the Russian flag or anthem in international competition and had to compete as "Neutral Athletes" or a "Neutral Team" at any world championships for the next two years.^[5] On 19 February 2021, it was announced that Russian athletes would compete under the name of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) at the 2022 Winter Olympics.^[6]

The ice dance competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 12 and 14 February at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China.^[1] Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France had won the silver at the 2018 Winter Olympics,^[7] while Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia had won the 2021 World Figure Skating Champions.^[8] Papadakis and Cizeron, meanwhile, had opted to not compete at the 2021 World Championships.^[9] In ice dance, the scores at the Olympics are typically consistent with the scores throughout the season; as a result, Papadakis and Cizeron, and Sinitsina and Katsalapov, were considered the leading medal contenders, with Papadakis and Cizeron seen as the favorites to win.^[10]

Nineteen quota spots in ice dance were awarded based on the results at the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships.^[11] An additional four quota spots were earned at the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy.^[12]

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Qualifying nations in ice dance^[11][12]

Event	Teams per NOC	Qualifying NOCs	Total teams
2021 World Championships	3	ROC  United States  Canada	19
	1	Italy  Great Britain  Spain  Poland  China  Lithuania  France  Germany  Japan  Ukraine
2021 Nebelhorn Trophy	1	Finland  Georgia  Armenia  Czech Republic	4
Total			23

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Couples competing in ice dance performed their rhythm dances on 12 February.^[1] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 50 seconds,^[13] the theme of the rhythm dance this season was "street dance rhythms". Examples of applicable dance styles included, but were not limited to: hip-hop, disco, swing, krump, popping, funk, jazz, reggae (reggaeton), and blues. The required pattern dance element was the Midnight Blues.^[14] The rhythm dance had to include the following elements: the pattern dance, the pattern dance step sequence, one dance lift, one set of sequential twizzles, and one step sequence.^[15]

The top twenty-four highest scoring teams after the rhythm dance advanced to the free dance, which teams performed on 14 February.^[1] The free dance could last no longer than 4 minutes,^[13] and had to include the following: three dance lifts, one dance spin, one set of synchronized twizzles, one step sequence in hold, one step sequence while on one skate and not touching, and three choreographic elements, of which one had to be a choreographic character step sequence.^[16]

All of the technical elements in any figure skating performance – such as jumps and spins – were assigned a predetermined base point value and then scored by a panel of nine judges on a scale from −5 to 5 based on their quality of execution.^[17] The judging panel's Grade of Execution (GOE) was determined by calculating the trimmed mean (the average after discarding the highest and lowest scores), and this GOE was added to the base value to come up with the final score for each element. The panel's scores for all elements were added together to generate a total elements score.^[18] At the same time, judges evaluated each performance based on five program components – skating skills, transitions, performance, composition, and interpretation of the music – and assigned a score from 0.25 to 10 in 0.25 point increments.^[19] The judging panel's final score for each program component was also determined by calculating the trimmed mean. Those scores were then multiplied by the factor shown on the following chart; the results were added together to generate a total program component score.^[20]

Deductions were applied for certain violations like time infractions, stops and restarts, or falls.^[22] The total elements score and program component score were added together, minus any deductions, to generate a final performance score for each team.^[23]

The following new record high scores were set during this event.

From left to right: The gold, silver, and bronze medalists from the ice dance event at the 2022 Winter Olympics: Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France (gold), Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia (silver), and Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue of the United States (bronze)

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Rhythm dance

The rhythm dance was held on 12 February. Their appearance at the 2022 Winter Olympics was the first in nearly three years for Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France, having last competed at the 2019 World Figure Skating Championships. They set a new world record in the rhythm dance, beating the previous highest score, which they had set at the 2019 NHK Trophy. "These Olympics are so different from four years ago," Cizeron said, referring to the 2018 Winter Olympics, where they had won the silver. "We are in a very different place. I think with all the experience we've gained, we have become more mature. We know better what we are doing, so we are enjoying it better."^[24] Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia, who had won the 2021 World Championships, finished in second place, improving on the score they had received in the team event by nearly four points. Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue of the United States finished in third place, while Madison Chock and Evan Bates, also of the United States, finished in fourth.^[24]

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Rhythm dance results^[26]

Pl.	Team	Nation	TSS	TES	PCS	SS	TR	PE	CO	IN
1	Gabriella Papadakis Guillaume Cizeron	France	90.83	51.65	39.18	9.71	9.61	9.86	9.82	9.96
2	Victoria Sinitsina Nikita Katsalapov	ROC	88.85	50.26	38.59	9.64	9.46	9.71	9.68	9.75
3	Madison Hubbell Zachary Donohue	United States	87.13	48.82	38.31	9.61	9.36	9.64	9.64	9.64
4	Madison Chock Evan Bates	United States	84.14	46.39	37.75	9.36	9.25	9.50	9.57	9.50
5	Alexandra Stepanova Ivan Bukin	ROC	84.09	47.09	37.00	9.18	9.00	9.32	9.32	9.43
6	Piper Gilles Paul Poirier	Canada	83.52	46.17	37.35	9.32	9.18	9.46	9.36	9.36
7	Charlène Guignard Marco Fabbri	Italy	82.68	45.85	36.83	9.14	9.04	9.32	9.29	9.25
8	Laurence Fournier Beaudry Nikolaj Sørensen	Canada	78.54	43.89	34.65	8.68	8.46	8.71	8.71	8.75
9	Olivia Smart Adrián Díaz	Spain	77.70	42.78	34.92	8.61	8.50	8.82	8.79	8.93
10	Lilah Fear Lewis Gibson	Great Britain	76.45	41.70	34.75	8.54	8.43	8.82	8.79	8.86
11	Kaitlin Hawayek Jean-Luc Baker	United States	74.58	40.80	33.78	8.36	8.21	8.54	8.50	8.61
12	Wang Shiyue Liu Xinyu	China	73.41	40.16	33.25	8.29	8.14	8.43	8.39	8.32
13	Marjorie Lajoie Zachary Lagha	Canada	72.59	39.67	32.92	8.18	8.00	8.36	8.32	8.29
14	Diana Davis Gleb Smolkin	ROC	71.66	39.31	32.35	7.96	7.86	8.21	8.11	8.29
15	Natalia Kaliszek Maksym Spodyriev	Poland	70.32	39.51	30.81	7.57	7.57	7.71	7.86	7.79
16	Juulia Turkkila Matthias Versluis	Finland	68.23	38.14	31.09	7.79	7.54	7.93	7.79	7.82
17	Natálie Taschlerová Filip Taschler	Czech Republic	67.22	37.07	30.15	7.57	7.29	7.57	7.61	7.64
18	Maria Kazakova Georgy Reviya	Georgia	67.08	37.17	29.91	7.43	7.21	7.54	7.57	7.64
19	Tina Garabedian Simon Proulx-Sénécal	Armenia	65.87	35.57	30.30	7.57	7.36	7.71	7.61	7.61
20	Oleksandra Nazarova Maksym Nikitin	Ukraine	65.53	35.44	30.09	7.54	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.57
21	Katharina Müller Tim Dieck	Germany	65.47	35.56	29.91	7.43	7.29	7.64	7.54	7.50
22	Misato Komatsubara Tim Koleto	Japan	65.41	35.58	29.83	7.46	7.25	7.54	7.54	7.50
23	Paulina Ramanauskaitė Deividas Kizala	Lithuania	58.35	32.49	25.86	6.57	6.18	6.61	6.54	6.43

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Free dance

The free dance was held on 14 February. Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France won the free dance and the overall competition, setting a new world record with their total score of 226.98, which was six points ahead of silver medalists Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia. Simon Reed, who provided the on-air commentary for the European broadcast, said of their performance: "For four minutes, it was exactly at the point where art and sport met, the pinnacle of entertainment, in the most important competition in their lives".^[25] Reed went on to add: "They lost in Pyeongchang [at the 2018 Winter Olympics] by under a mark, but here they've decimated the field."^[25] Papadakis and Cizeron had finished in second place at the 2018 Winter Olympics with less than a point separating them from gold medalists Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada.^[27] Reed finished his comments by saying that Papadakis and Cizeron were "as fine an ice dance couple as there has been in history."^[25]

Having previously announced that they were retiring at the end of the season, Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue of the United States finished in third place, winning the bronze medals.^[28] Madison Chock and Evan Bates, also of the United States, finished in fourth place with a free dance where Chock portrayed an alien and Bates an astronaut. Alice Park of Time called their twizzle sequence "truly out of this world".^[28] "Our program is deeply rooted in the message of accepting and finding love with someone who is different than you," Chock stated in an interview. "It's important for us to have that message behind our program every season, and especially in the Olympic season, when we feel we have the opportunity to ... inspire others around the world."^[28]

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Free dance results^[29]

Pl.	Team	Nation	TSS	TES	PCS	SS	TR	PE	CO	IN
1	Gabriella Papadakis Guillaume Cizeron	France	136.15	76.75	59.40	9.82	9.79	9.96	10.00	9.93
2	Victoria Sinitsina Nikita Katsalapov	ROC	131.66	73.43	58.23	9.71	9.61	9.75	9.71	9.75
3	Madison Hubbell Zachary Donohue	United States	130.89	73.56	58.33	9.75	9.57	9.82	9.68	9.79
4	Madison Chock Evan Bates	United States	130.63	72.59	58.04	9.50	9.54	9.68	9.89	9.75
5	Charlène Guignard Marco Fabbri	Italy	124.37	69.22	55.15	9.14	9.07	9.29	9.21	9.25
6	Olivia Smart Adrián Díaz	Spain	121.41	67.71	53.70	8.75	8.68	9.14	9.11	9.07
7	Piper Gilles Paul Poirier	Canada	121.26	66.19	55.07	9.14	9.04	9.21	9.21	9.29
8	Alexandra Stepanova Ivan Bukin	ROC	120.98	65.34	55.64	9.25	9.18	9.18	9.46	9.29
9	Lilah Fear Lewis Gibson	Great Britain	115.19	63.21	51.98	8.50	8.39	8.82	8.79	8.82
10	Kaitlin Hawayek Jean-Luc Baker	United States	115.16	62.99	52.17	8.61	8.54	8.75	8.68	8.89
11	Laurence Fournier Beaudry Nikolaj Sørensen	Canada	113.81	61.05	52.76	8.75	8.61	8.86	8.86	8.89
12	Wang Shiyue Liu Xinyu	China	111.01	61.34	50.67	8.39	8.25	8.54	8.50	8.54
13	Marjorie Lajoie Zachary Lagha	Canada	108.43	58.93	49.50	8.18	7.96	8.39	8.36	8.36
14	Diana Davis Gleb Smolkin	ROC	108.16	59.77	48.39	7.89	7.75	8.25	8.25	8.18
15	Juulia Turkkila Matthias Versluis	Finland	105.65	58.07	47.58	7.82	7.54	8.14	8.11	8.04
16	Tina Garabedian Simon Proulx-Sénécal	Armenia	101.16	55.74	45.42	7.54	7.32	7.71	7.64	7.64
17	Natálie Taschlerová Filip Taschler	Czech Republic	101.10	55.42	45.68	7.68	7.39	7.64	7.71	7.64
18	Oleksandra Nazarova Maksym Nikitin	Ukraine	97.34	52.30	45.04	7.43	7.39	7.46	7.61	7.64
19	Maria Kazakova Georgy Reviya	Georgia	97.25	52.21	45.04	7.43	7.39	7.43	7.71	7.57
20	Natalia Kaliszek Maksym Spodyriev	Poland	96.99	54.26	44.73	7.32	7.46	7.32	7.64	7.54

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Ice dance results^[30]

Rank	Team	Nation	Total	RD		FD
	Gabriella Papadakis Guillaume Cizeron	France	226.98	1	90.83	1	136.15
	Victoria Sinitsina Nikita Katsalapov	ROC	220.51	2	88.85	2	131.66
	Madison Hubbell Zachary Donohue	United States	218.02	3	87.13	3	130.89
4	Madison Chock Evan Bates	United States	214.77	4	84.14	4	130.63
5	Charlène Guignard Marco Fabbri	Italy	207.05	7	82.68	5	124.37
6	Alexandra Stepanova Ivan Bukin	ROC	205.07	5	84.09	8	120.98
7	Piper Gilles Paul Poirier	Canada	204.78	6	83.52	7	121.26
8	Olivia Smart Adrián Díaz	Spain	199.11	9	77.70	6	121.41
9	Laurence Fournier Beaudry Nikolaj Sørensen	Canada	192.35	8	78.54	11	113.81
10	Lilah Fear Lewis Gibson	Great Britain	191.64	10	76.45	9	115.19
11	Kaitlin Hawayek Jean-Luc Baker	United States	189.74	11	74.58	10	115.16
12	Wang Shiyue Liu Xinyu	China	184.42	12	73.41	12	111.01
13	Marjorie Lajoie Zachary Lagha	Canada	181.02	13	72.59	13	108.43
14	Diana Davis Gleb Smolkin	ROC	179.82	14	71.66	14	108.16
15	Juulia Turkkila Matthias Versluis	Finland	173.88	16	68.23	15	105.65
16	Natálie Taschlerová Filip Taschler	Czech Republic	168.32	17	67.22	17	101.10
17	Natalia Kaliszek Maksym Spodyriev	Poland	167.31	15	70.32	20	96.99
18	Tina Garabedian Simon Proulx-Sénécal	Armenia	167.03	19	65.87	16	101.16
19	Maria Kazakova Georgy Reviya	Georgia	164.33	18	67.08	19	97.25
20	Oleksandra Nazarova Maksym Nikitin	Ukraine	162.87	20	65.53	18	97.34
21	Katharina Müller Tim Dieck	Germany	65.47	21	65.47	Did not advance to free dance
22	Misato Komatsubara Tim Koleto	Japan	65.41	22	65.41
23	Paulina Ramanauskaitė Deividas Kizala	Lithuania	58.35	23	58.35

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