After seemingly taking the “silence is golden” route for a while, French ice dancer Laurence Fournier Beaudry finally broke her silence on social media.
Fournier Beaudry and her partner Guillaume Cizeron were controversially crowned gold medalists at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics for their performance on the ice.
Their scores were heavily scrutinized after narrowly beating the American duo Madison Chock and Evan Bates .
- French ice dancer Laurence Fournier Beaudry reportedly broke her silence on social media.
- She and her partner Guillaume Cizeron were controversially crowned gold medalists at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics for their performance on the ice.
- The controversy led to netizens expressing outrage, saying: “USA was robbed.”
French ice dancer Laurence Fournier Beaudryfinally broke her silence on social media
French skater performing a complex lift during ice dance routine amid Olympics cheating scandal discussions.
Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron won gold in the ice dance competition at Milan-Cortina 2026 , narrowly beating the American duo and reigning three-time world champions, Madison Chock and Evan Bates.
Many felt the French pair’s routine had several mistakes, while their American counterparts’ performance was seen as nearly perfect.
Yet, Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron took the top spot on the podium with a total score of 225.82 points. Husband-and-wife Chock and Bates settled for the silver medal after scoring 224.39.
French skater and partner holding hands on ice rink during Olympics amid cheating scandal controversy.
Many scrutinized the scores and accused a French judge of favoring Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron by giving them almost eight points more in their free dance than the American team.
Five of the nine judges favored the American couple, and the other three judges gave more points to the French duo by a slim margin.
Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron won gold at Milan-Cortina 2026, narrowly beating the American duo Madison Chock and Evan Bates
French skater celebrating with a partner, holding gold medals, amid Olympics cheating scandal and suspicious win.
Fournier Beaudry mostly stayed quiet on Instagram following the win, but she broke her social media silence at night on Thursday, February 12.
She shared a series of Instagram Stories, featuring her media appearances with her ice dancer partner.
“Guillaume is the best,” she said on social media, as quoted by Newsweek .
French skater resting on a couch holding a plush toy after a suspicious Olympic win amid cheating scandal.
Black and white profile photo of a woman named Jennifer Quail commenting about French skater and Olympics cheating scandal.
“From the start, when we started skating together, I knew he was the best ice dancer in the world,” she continued. “He brought me so much confidence throughout the season, and that confidence probably helped us achieve what we did.”
The partnership between Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron is less than a year old.
They announced their professional pairing in March, 2025, with an Instagram post.
The partnership between Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron is less than a year old
French skater on Olympic podium with medal, holding mascot, amid cheating scandal and suspicious win discussions.
Comment discussing Olympics cheating scandal with mention of French skater and controversial suspicious win in figure skating.
Immediately after winning gold this week, Fournier Beaudry said she had a “hard time” believing the result.
“It just feels so amazing to just look back at where we started and where we are now and everything we accomplished together this year,” she told Olympics.com ‘s Nick McCarvel soon after the victory. “We’re living the dream right now.”
Three athletes in France team outfits seated in front of a backdrop, discussing French skater and Olympics cheating scandal.
Commenter Sue Olson responding to the French skater Olympics cheating scandal and suspicious win debate.
The French pair have both been in the limelight for a while.
Fournier Beaudry’s ex-boyfriend and former skating partner, Nikolaj Sørensen, had received a minimum six-year ban in 2024 after facing accusations of sually asulting an American figure skating coach and former skater in 2012.
A technicality led to the suspension being overturned last June. Meanwhile, Fournier Beaudry vocally defended him on different occasions.
Cizeron, on the other hand, was also accused by his former partner, Gabriella Papadakis, of being “controlling” and “demanding.”
He accused Papadakis of sharing “false” claims, calling them defamatory and a “smear campaign.”
The International Skating Union addressed the outrage that included netizens claiming, “USA was robbed”
Two athletes wearing white jackets with Olympic medals, celebrating a French skater’s suspicious win at the Olympics.
Comment by Linda Bock criticizing an Olympic figure skating win, mentioning a harder routine and clean skate.
Following the outrage over Wednesday’s ice dancing competition, the International Skating Union, the sport’s governing body, said they were confident in the final scores.
“It is normal for there to be a range of scores given by different judges in any panel and a number of mechanisms are used to mitigate these variations,” a spokesperson for the body said.
“The ISU has full confidence in the scores given and remains completely committed to fairness,” they added.
Two pairs of figure skaters wearing medals during the Olympics ceremony, with focus on French skater and suspicious win.
Chock spoke about how she and her husband gave their “best” during the performance and found the outcome “bittersweet.”
“It’s definitely a little bittersweet because we are so, so happy with how we performed this week,” she said. “We really gave it our all, and I wouldn’t change anything about how we approached each performance, what we delivered in each performance. We really gave it our best.”
Evan Batesspoke about wanting to go “off the rails” as they settled for silver
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