Meet the real-life figure skating couples at the Beijing Olympics

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00:01Love is in the air at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

00:05It's rare to become an Olympic athlete, but it's even rarer to compete alongside your significant other.

00:12And these couples are giving a whole new meaning to the term relationship goals.

00:19This is especially true among figure skaters.

00:22A handful of them are bringing the heat as couples both on and off the ice this Olympics.

00:28For U.S. Olympians Madison Chok and Evan Bates, Beijing marked their third Olympics.

00:34Their first Olympics as a real-life couple was the 2018 PyeongChang Games.

00:40But they didn't make the podium that year.

00:43In Beijing, the couple returned as co-captains of the team.

00:47For our pre-competition little chat, we turn to each other and we always tell each other that we love each other

00:55and to just trust ourselves and trust our training.

00:59And that's exactly what we did today.

01:01On February 7th, they put on a dazzling performance in the free dance with a personal best score

01:07and helped Team USA win the silver medal in the figure skating team event.

01:11Japanese ice dancer Misato Komatsubara and her American-born husband Team Coleto first teamed up in 2016.

01:21Soon after, they began a romantic relationship and got married a year later.

01:27They're called Team Coco among their fans.

01:31The pair earned a bronze medal from the team event in Beijing.

01:35Navigating romantic relationships in the world of top-figure skating can be complicated.

01:41American ice dancer Madison Hubbell and her skating partner Zachary Donahue have been twizzling together since 2011.

01:49They dated for about two and a half years before breaking up.

01:52But the duo decided to stick together on the ice.

01:56I think more than anything, it's a testament to our partnership.

01:59We've put a lot of time into really growing as a team and as partners.

02:02Hubbell and Donahue took the top spot in the team event's rhythm dance at the Beijing Winter Games.

02:08Hubbell is now engaged to Spanish ice dancer Adrian Diaz.

02:12They began dating in 2014.

02:15Though they are a couple off the ice, they've been longtime rivals ever since they were teenagers.

02:21They will compete against each other in the ice dance category in Beijing.

02:25Regardless of how they perform in the Winter Games, all these Olympic couples have struck gold in the game of love.

02:34No.

02:43No