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Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates have become the first ice dancers who won three consecutive World Cup In almost three decades on Saturday night, and the Americans kept in the first place with their jazzy free skate after a strong performance of the Canadian rival Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier.
Chock and Bates Finished with 222.06 points, while Gilles and Poirier took a silver medal with 216.54 for the second year in a row. Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson landed in third place, earning the first world medal in Britain since Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean finished her four directly ice -free dance titles in 1984.
Oksana Grishuk and Evgeni Plateau were the last to win three in a row, triumphantly four times for Russia from 1994-97.
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“Coming here, we didn’t think about a triple or any type of title defense. It was an independent event,” Bates said. “We were ready as we could have been and we slid as we could.”
Americans and Canadians have dominated ice dance in recent years, winning six of the nine medals allocated in the last three years.
The rivalry between the Chock and Gilles and Poirier teams has become one of the most intense in recent years, and this year he added an additional spice of geopolitical tension between his countries.
Piper Gilles silver medals and Paul Poirier from Canada, Gold Medal Madison Chock and Evan Bates from the United States and Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson bronze medals posed for a photo after medalling in ice dance during world skating in Jesus in 2025. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
The US and Canada also participate in an unprecedented trade war after President Donald Trump imposed a series of tariffs against Canada, which prompted Tariff retaliation.
The tension of liquid trade war has spilled into sports.
Sports tension was first exposed during the NHL 4 nation tournament from February 12 to 20. Fans in Canada increased the American anthem, while fans in the US encouraged the Canadian national anthem ahead of several games.
It began on February 13, when Canadian fans in Montreal enhanced the American national anthem after Trump’s threats imposed Tariff Canada and suggestion that the country should become 51. The state of America.
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Booing encouraged quarrels between Canadians and American players at the first meeting of the tournament between the two teams on February 15th. Now they beat in that game 3-1.
The Canadian National Anthem was then fueled at TD Garden in Boston before a match 4 nations between Canada and Finland.
At the last 20th of February, America and Canada met, and American fans in Boston again increased the Canadian national anthem, although with a lighter tone. Canada won the game in extension, 3-2.
Since then, the enemy rhetoric between the two countries, including sports, has only escalated. NHL Games involving teams based in Canada and the US are often presented Lifting during the pre -band State anthem of a guest team.
Fans in WWE ELIMINATION CHAMBER In Toronto he scored a “star banner” on the eve of the event. Star sports commentator Pat McAfee loudly pierced Canadian fans for Booing and the country as a whole in response while emitting peacocks.
“Somehow the shit that he swallowed in the terrible state of Canada our national anthem to start this whole thing,” McAfee shouted at the broadcast table.
Madison Chock and Evan Bates from the United States perform during the World Skating World Championships in Jesus TD Garden in Boston, March 28, 2025. (Yuri Kodrun/International Skating Union/International Skating Union via Getty Images)
McAfee has ever said he has Received death threats against their newborns for comments.
Canadian football coach Jesse Marsch blown Trump because of his “51 state” remarks, calling them “offensive”. During the Day of Media League Nations, the Concacaf, Marsch said that “shame” was offended by Canada.
“If I have one message to our president, he is released by a funny rhetoric that Canada is 51. The state,” Marsch said. “As an American, I am ashamed of arrogance and neglect, we have shown one of our historically oldest, strongest and most loyal allies. But one thing is for sure: when I look forward to a month from today, it will encourage our team. The mentality we have, the will we have to play for our country.”
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NHL Legend Wayne Gretzky The Canadians also criticized him for his apparent support to Trump, who recently said he asked Gretzky to become the next “Canada Governor” after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he would resign.
After Gretzky expressed the support of “Canada, which remained a separate country, instead of becoming nurtured and beautiful 51.” Trump declared Gretzky a “free agent.”
Gold medals Madison Chock and Evan Bates from the United States are celebrated after winning the World Ice Dance Championship during the World Skating Championship in Jesus 2025 at TD Garden in Boston, March 29, 2025. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
Now they have now achieved victory in the increased sports rivalry kindness of Bates and Chock, but the role will be higher at the Winter Olympics in Milan Cortini next year.
Chock and Bates were part of the American team that won the team Gold at the 2022 games in Beijing after a long -lasting investigation by Russian doping. But for all their success, Chock and Bates never stood on the Olympic stand in the ice dance, finishing in fourth place three years ago.
“I think the Olympic season is sure to carry a different weight than the other three years,” Chock said. “You have this incredible opportunity to reach the whole world, and that makes it really special because it enhances our voices on and out of ice.”
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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