Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue "ready to move on" after bronze-winning last dance

Beijing 2022 was always going to see the last dance for Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue, as they ended a career that had spanned over a decade.

When the pair shared an embrace and patted the ice after their final skate, there could be plenty for them to look back upon: three world championship medals, fourth-place disappointment at PyeongChang 2018, an off-ice relationship and subsequent breakup that was accompanied by a commitment to continue skating together.

A medal at the Olympic Winter Games was just about all that had been missing as they headed to China.

Having already won silver with USA in the team event, their score of 218.02 was enough to earn bronze in the ice dance.

"I’m incredibly proud of my teammate," Hubbell exclusively tells Olympics.com. "We did it in the team event skating our best for everyone involved and today it’s no different.

"We not only skated for each other, but for everyone who had a piece of our preparation, which is too many to name. But feeling incredibly grateful, excited to see our families, go to the medal plaza, have that medal around our neck and what a beautiful way to end our career."

As had been the case in PyeongChang, Hubbell and Donohue entered the free dance in third, having skated impressively in the rhythm dance - though they had a larger buffer this time.

In 2018, a mistake had seen them slip to fourth, but there would be no issues this time as a strong skate saw the pair make the podium - their compatriots Madison Chock and Evan Bates finished fourth after a mistake in the rhythm dance.

As disappointing as it would have been, their previous fourth-place finish may have played a part in Hubbell and Donohue's current glory.

"I think after 2018, we took a hard look at