French skaters win the gold over Americans after a French judge’s controversial scores.Â
FOX News reports:
U.S. Olympic medal gymnast MyKayla Skinner spoke out against the judges who denied Madison Chock and Evan Bates gold in ice dance at the Winter Games this week.
Chock and Bates finished second to French rivals Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron after a controversial score by a French judge on the final routine.
The Americans were perfect in their routine but the French had a tiny mistake at the end of their routine when they were not synchronized together after a jump. This didn’t deter the French judge who rated their routine the best and put them on the gold medal stand.
This indeed is the challenge with sports like figure skating and gymnastics, where the final result is based on the judgment of a few people.