US Olympic skating power couple Madison Chock, Evan Bates withdraw from world championship

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The Team USA skating power couple of Madison Chock and Evan Bates have withdrawn from the upcoming ice dance world championship. 

The decision will end their season and likely their competitive careers after their performances at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Team USA's Madison Chock and Evan Bates pose with their gold medals after winning the figure skating team event at the Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, on Feb. 8, 2026. (Stephanie Scarbrough/AP Photo)

Chock and Bates joined Olympic teammate, gold medal sensation Alysa Liu, in withdrawing from worlds, after Liu announced she was withdrawing this past weekend, surprising many fans. 

Chock and Bates helped the U.S. defend its Olympic figure skating team gold medal in February, then added a bittersweet silver in the individual competition. They were a close second behind the French duo of Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron, a result that was heavily scrutinized  due to the scoring margins turned in by the French judge, Jézabel Dabouis.

"We left it all on the ice in Milan," Bates said. "Our season feels complete with those four performances where we delivered our best."

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Madison Chock and Evan Bates with the silver medals, left, and France's Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry with the gold at the Winter Olympics on Feb. 11, 2026. (Fabrizio Carabelli/PA Images via Getty Images)

The decision prompted immense criticism from fans who believed the judge did not