'The perfect moment' - Ice dance pair Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron lauded after gold medal redemption

Valentina Marchei was full of praise for ice dance pair Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron who put aside disappointment of four years prior to win gold at the Beijing Games. The French duo produced a stunning display to break their own world record from 2019 with a total score of 226.98 with a beautiful free dance routine to Elegie by Gabriel Faure.

Ad/> Papadakis and Cizeron scored 136.15 to conclude their competition to beat Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov of the Russian Olympic Committee by more than six points. /> Beijing 2022'Flawless and full of passion' Marchei on Cizeron and Papadakis winning ice dance goldAN HOUR AGO “It was a really, really stunning performance,” said Marchei in the Eurosport cube following the event.

“They are out of this planet!” “When they skate, there is a silence in the arena – not just because the public are not there because we had quite a few competitors from other disciplines that came to watch the dance team. “It was flawless and so full of passion but like they were telling their own stories in their bubble and bringing us into their bubble.

“I had the privilege to interview them in the mixed zone after their winning performance and they were speechless.” ‘Where art meets sport’ – France's golden duo Papadakis and Cizeron dubbed figure skating greats Papadakis and Cizeron dazzle with world-record display to win ice dance gold ‘Completely unreal’ — Papadakis and Cizeron stunned after sensational ice dance gold Victory for Papadakis and Cizeron was all the more poignant having missed out on goal four years ago in Pyongyang in unfortunate circumstances. During their decisive skate, Papadakis’ costume came apart, ultimately leading to them losing points and meaning they