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Glitter and Gold Ice Dancing - Season 1 - Episode 03
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00:00:10Gold medal on the line in the free dance here this afternoon, Lake Placid.
00:00:14The pressure is so intense.
00:00:16Years of sacrifice for this one shot at Olympic glory.
00:00:20And moments away from that final team taking the ice,
00:00:23and it is the Americans, Madison Schott and Evan Bates.
00:00:28Pain is scary, like especially the unknown, it can be dangerous.
00:00:33It's not uncommon for athletes to just push through pain.
00:00:38It's just kind of built into us to train through it, to skate through it.
00:00:43You always want to like go for it, but then at a certain point once you realize like,
00:00:49maybe I shouldn't have done that, you're out there and like there's a lot of people watching.
00:01:00There's also another factor, which is the skirt.
00:01:04They're going to be trying to do the slide, plus hold the skirt,
00:01:07and not let anything disastrous happen.
00:01:11The questions in my mind right now are, is my body going to hold up?
00:01:15Am I going to bail out of a lift or something because it hurts?
00:01:20Am I going to be safe to lift Maddie?
00:01:32What a great lift into that difficult position.
00:01:36How risky it is too.
00:01:41They've been together for so long, experienced so much.
00:01:44They skate very much at the same heartbeat.
00:01:48Good speed across the ice, up over the shoulders.
00:01:51The audience is on their seats.
00:01:59Wow.
00:02:00Just incredible, really.
00:02:02Who can do that?
00:02:10Just tremendous skill throughout the whole performance.
00:02:13I can see this at Center Ice in Milan.
00:02:16The fans of the United States of America have earned a free dance score of 127.8 of a season
00:02:25in the United States of America have earned a free dance score of 127.8 of a season.
00:02:35Now the adrenaline's leaving my body, and my body doesn't feel good.
00:02:43But we did what we needed to do, and I'm proud of that.
00:02:47The Grand Prix scores are so close.
00:02:50Like, we knew it was going to be tight, but this is pure insanity.
00:02:53We truly will not know how everyone's going to stack up until the Grand Prix Final in Japan.
00:03:00We're going to be here.
00:03:20Hi.
00:03:21Good.
00:03:22How are you?
00:03:25Today, we are in Toronto, and we are doing a shoot with Coca-Cola.
00:03:32Sorry, you said I didn't get you to look forward to.
00:03:34Oh, my goodness, sorry.
00:03:35I can't not look at my husband. He's so handsome.
00:03:38He's such a handsome woman.
00:03:39Look at that.
00:03:40Settling. Quiet on set.
00:03:44And action.
00:03:46There is always, like, a little bit more pressure.
00:03:49In an Olympic year, there's just more going on,
00:03:51and, like, more eyes on the sport.
00:03:55It's so cool.
00:03:58So let's start, you guys, with twisting and turning.
00:04:01Do not look at camera.
00:04:03Lifting her a bit.
00:04:04Want me to lift you a little bit?
00:04:05Sure.
00:04:07Yeah, there you go. Great, great.
00:04:10No, it's like with the Olympics, I feel like every four years,
00:04:12it's like a balance of finding time to train and get ready for the season,
00:04:16but also take once-in-a-lifetime opportunities like this one.
00:04:19This is a different amount of attention.
00:04:22But it's up to us to manage how we focus on what's important.
00:04:26The Winter Games in Milan Cortina now just 100 days away.
00:04:32We're getting closer and closer to, like, Olympics time.
00:04:35I am so excited.
00:04:39When you're halfway through a season, and especially an Olympic season,
00:04:42you kind of can predict what might happen in ice dance results.
00:04:47But this year is very different.
00:04:49That is a jock and Evan Bates as they take the title.
00:04:53Peter Gillis, Paul Poirier on top of the podium here in Skate Canada.
00:05:00With Guillaume and Laurence in the mix, everything has shifted now in ice dance.
00:05:06Usually, it takes time for teams to gel.
00:05:10They have gelled extremely well.
00:05:16With what we've seen from Guillaume and Laurence at their last Grand Prix,
00:05:21they are definitely the ones to beat this season.
00:05:29If you are Piper and Paul, and if you are Madison and Evan, I don't see how you could not
00:05:34be a little rattled.
00:05:35So, we're headed into Finlandia next week, and now you're going to have two top teams,
00:05:41Piper and Paul, meeting with Laurence and Guillaume.
00:05:44It's going to be a bloodbath.
00:05:46It's going to be a bloodbath.
00:05:47This is where all of the placements for the Grand Prix Final get solidified.
00:05:52And a preview of what's to come at Olympics.
00:05:56This doesn't happen a lot where you're up against one of the other top teams before the Grand Prix Final.
00:06:02So, if Guillaume and Laurence beat Piper and Paul, holy cow.
00:06:08They need to have, like, the best material of their life.
00:06:12No pressure.
00:06:16Oh, this one.
00:06:29Remember my My Fair Lady?
00:06:32Costume.
00:06:34I loved the pink.
00:06:36I felt so elegant, and it was just so beautiful.
00:06:40If I could wear this now, which one, maybe.
00:06:46I haven't really changed since I was 13, 14, so it's possible.
00:06:53Let's see.
00:06:54Oh, gosh.
00:06:55The 90s sweaters.
00:06:59All the top skaters had it.
00:07:01Actually, my mom, now I'm just remembering that.
00:07:04Any costume that we would have, she put a gold ladybug inside, because ladybugs are supposedly good luck.
00:07:12She was heavily involved in the design process, and I think that was how my mom and I truly bonded.
00:07:28She could turn anything into everything.
00:07:32With costume, she could literally pull an idea and be like, this is what we're doing, and shape it into
00:07:38something beautiful.
00:07:41My mom was, like, the skater mom to everybody.
00:07:44She wasn't afraid to give her own opinion on your skating, which was just like, oh, mom.
00:07:50But, like, people loved it because she was so honest.
00:07:58Going into the 2018 Olympic Games, I started to notice some really bizarre behaviors.
00:08:08So I took her to see a doctor.
00:08:11Within about an hour, they were like, she's got some kind of tumor on the left and the right side
00:08:16of her brain.
00:08:16It was, like, spread out like a butterfly.
00:08:21And, of course, the first thing you do is go to Google, right?
00:08:24Like, if you have glioblastoma, which is what she had, and, like, the size of it, stage four, you have
00:08:29anywhere from five days to 15 months.
00:08:36It was just a complicated situation trying to figure out, like, do I stay home and help my mom?
00:08:46But my dad was, like, this is, this was an Olympic journey and an Olympic dream that she had, right?
00:08:51So we continued and decided to go for it.
00:08:55Next skate, Fiber Mills, have all four years.
00:08:58We made it to my first Olympic Games.
00:09:02My dad and my siblings were there to watch in person, but my mom was watching from home.
00:09:08And Paul and I had a skate of a lifetime.
00:09:13Complete split.
00:09:15Oh, now, that is very interesting and cool.
00:09:19There was a vision, there was the execution, there was the change in mood, a change in timing.
00:09:27To this day, like, I could still get goosebumps.
00:09:34What we created in that moment was so special.
00:09:40That just brings a smile to your face.
00:09:45Just a marvelous performance.
00:09:50And to know that my mom was able to see
00:09:54a Olympic Games,
00:09:58it was really cool.
00:10:00It was really cool.
00:10:13If we want to keep the same timing,
00:10:16we can do the swivel swivel,
00:10:17but if we're not going to do the point on the turn to the left,
00:10:20then it doesn't matter.
00:10:21Doesn't matter.
00:10:22Let's do it again.
00:10:23Okay.
00:10:24So, for our free dance,
00:10:26we call it Vincent,
00:10:27but a lot of people call it Starry Night.
00:10:30It's a program we did
00:10:32seven years ago
00:10:33that put us on the competitive
00:10:36map.
00:10:37I don't know,
00:10:38I don't care how many times
00:10:40I've seen this program.
00:10:41It never fails
00:10:44to move me.
00:10:45When we were thinking about Olympic music,
00:10:47we kept coming back and thinking
00:10:49we would really like to finish
00:10:51the story with Vincent again
00:10:53because they never did it
00:10:56in an Olympic year.
00:10:57And that program
00:10:59meant a lot of different things
00:11:01to different people.
00:11:03It was the program we choreographed
00:11:05when Piper's mother was very ill
00:11:07before she died
00:11:08and Piper's mother never got to see it.
00:11:12I actually remember hearing
00:11:13the first draft of Vincent
00:11:15on my patio in Colorado
00:11:17while we were kind of organizing
00:11:19all the funeral stuff.
00:11:20Starry, starry night.
00:11:22And I felt like,
00:11:23oh my God,
00:11:24this would have been a program
00:11:25that my mom would have loved.
00:11:27And as we started to compete it,
00:11:30every time I finished,
00:11:31like I had like a tear in my eye.
00:11:33I looked at the top of like
00:11:34the arena
00:11:36and I was just like,
00:11:37she's here.
00:11:38She's here.
00:11:38And like,
00:11:39I want that feeling.
00:11:40Like I want to be almost like
00:11:41reconnected with my mom
00:11:42by bringing this program back.
00:11:45So pick it up from corner or?
00:11:49Uh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:11:50We'll take it from the corner
00:11:51kind of the end.
00:11:52But then it's like,
00:11:52oh my gosh,
00:11:53now I have to kind of like
00:11:54bring myself back
00:11:55to a time that was so hard.
00:12:00Since we're recreating a program,
00:12:02the risk could be that
00:12:04it seems like you're not
00:12:05living for a bird.
00:12:06Yeah.
00:12:07Let's go for it.
00:12:07Make something we all like.
00:12:09Okay.
00:12:10For us,
00:12:11it was really important
00:12:12to not just to do it
00:12:14the way that we had done it before,
00:12:16but to take this piece of music
00:12:18that we feel really connected to
00:12:19that we really love
00:12:20and see where does that music
00:12:23take us now?
00:12:24I don't know what she's doing,
00:12:25so.
00:12:26Well, hold on.
00:12:28Programs are never finished
00:12:29across the course of the season.
00:12:31And as soon as you compete,
00:12:33it changes everything.
00:12:34I'm fine to leave it.
00:12:34I'm fine to leave it.
00:12:35It was just one thing
00:12:36that popped out in my own mind.
00:12:37We can put that on the list.
00:12:38Ski Canada was successful
00:12:40in the fact that we won.
00:12:43We have good feedback.
00:12:46But obviously,
00:12:47the free dance for us
00:12:48was really disappointing.
00:12:49And there,
00:12:50that one moment,
00:12:51just don't feel
00:12:53it's quite as polished
00:12:54as we're used to seeing
00:12:55from these two.
00:12:56It's going to have to go up a notch,
00:12:58I think,
00:12:58as the season goes on.
00:13:00The overall goal
00:13:01is just to be faster,
00:13:03be closer,
00:13:03be stronger.
00:13:05But I think we know
00:13:06exactly now
00:13:06what we need to do
00:13:07to make it better.
00:13:08You are the artist.
00:13:10Like,
00:13:10I'm the painting.
00:13:11You know,
00:13:12it's the story
00:13:12about Van Gogh
00:13:13and his relationship
00:13:13to his art
00:13:14and how he was not
00:13:16a painter
00:13:16that was appreciated
00:13:17in his time.
00:13:18Where are we taking it from?
00:13:19He said Mark the Limb.
00:13:20But it's also
00:13:21the story
00:13:22of us
00:13:23and our relationship
00:13:24with our own crafts.
00:13:27I'm feeling really
00:13:28positive about
00:13:28the adjustments
00:13:29that we made.
00:13:30Sorry,
00:13:31that's okay.
00:13:31But really nervous
00:13:33for the Grand Prix
00:13:35in Finland.
00:13:52I'm so sorry.
00:13:53Do you want to go to the exterior?
00:13:55Oh, yes.
00:13:57I'm so sorry.
00:13:58I'm so sorry.
00:13:59I'm so sorry.
00:14:00I'm so sorry.
00:14:00I'm so sorry.
00:14:01I'm so sorry.
00:14:03Okay.
00:14:07I've never done that.
00:14:15I've never done that.
00:14:1620 seconds.
00:14:18Two flops of 10 minutes.
00:14:20It's hard to compare
00:14:22really the effort
00:14:22of biking
00:14:23versus skating.
00:14:24The biking helps us
00:14:26with our overall endurance.
00:14:28but what we do
00:14:29on the ice
00:14:29is much harder.
00:14:35It's hard to replicate
00:14:36off the ice
00:14:37because you would
00:14:38have to use
00:14:38your legs
00:14:39and your arms
00:14:40and your core
00:14:41at the same time.
00:14:46Here we don't have
00:14:47to make it look
00:14:48like it's easy.
00:14:49Like it's a repetitive
00:14:50movement
00:14:50and we're kind of
00:14:51doing our thing.
00:14:51On the ice
00:14:52we have to like
00:14:53look like everything
00:14:54is easy.
00:15:01There is also
00:15:02that human aspect
00:15:03that when you
00:15:05find your partner's eyes
00:15:06it's like
00:15:07an exchange of energy
00:15:09that even when
00:15:10you're tired
00:15:10you're kind of like
00:15:11going through
00:15:12the same motion
00:15:13and you want
00:15:13the same goal
00:15:14and you're just
00:15:15kind of like
00:15:15putting more fuel
00:15:17on the fire.
00:15:18There is that
00:15:19exchange and connection
00:15:21aspect that
00:15:22is hard to find
00:15:23in another sport.
00:15:30Ice dancing
00:15:31is being a princess
00:15:34on the ice
00:15:35and you're actually
00:15:37skating with a partner
00:15:38so it's like
00:15:39you're skating
00:15:40with a prince.
00:15:41It's like a
00:15:42fairy tale kind of.
00:15:47But with that
00:15:48your appearance
00:15:49matters.
00:15:53When I was
00:15:54around 15
00:15:55I started
00:15:56comparing myself
00:15:57to other girls
00:15:59envying other girls
00:16:00because I was
00:16:01always a very
00:16:01athletic girl
00:16:02and at the time
00:16:03you had to be
00:16:04a ballerina
00:16:05on skates.
00:16:06You had to be
00:16:07very elongated
00:16:09and have
00:16:09very nice lines.
00:16:12In my mindset
00:16:13the muscle
00:16:14was breaking
00:16:15the lines.
00:16:17So
00:16:19I had a period
00:16:20of my life
00:16:20where I was
00:16:21going through
00:16:21phases of
00:16:22anaeroxia
00:16:23and bulimia.
00:16:27I think
00:16:27the one word
00:16:29that I can
00:16:30remember feeling
00:16:31at that moment
00:16:32is really
00:16:32feeling alone.
00:16:36I could not
00:16:37say that to
00:16:38anyone
00:16:38because I knew
00:16:39it was not
00:16:40something healthy
00:16:41but then
00:16:42at the same time
00:16:43it's like
00:16:43I felt like
00:16:44there was
00:16:44no other option.
00:16:47I remember
00:16:48being young
00:16:48and just being
00:16:49like well
00:16:50in order for
00:16:50you to be
00:16:51better than
00:16:52the next girl
00:16:53you need to
00:16:53figure out
00:16:54how to stand
00:16:54out.
00:16:56Like we
00:16:57are seen
00:16:58as the
00:16:59perfect
00:17:00doll.
00:17:01We can't
00:17:02just be
00:17:03athletic
00:17:04we also have
00:17:04to be
00:17:05creative
00:17:06we also
00:17:06have to
00:17:06be beautiful.
00:17:08When you
00:17:08step out
00:17:09onto the ice
00:17:09you're not
00:17:10just being
00:17:10judged for
00:17:11what you
00:17:12do on the ice
00:17:13but how
00:17:13you do
00:17:14it
00:17:14how you
00:17:14look
00:17:15while you're
00:17:15doing it
00:17:15we don't
00:17:16like her
00:17:16because her
00:17:17costumes were
00:17:17ugly
00:17:18about hair
00:17:18about makeup
00:17:19did she wear
00:17:20too much
00:17:20makeup
00:17:21too little
00:17:21makeup
00:17:21about weight
00:17:22your facial
00:17:23expressions
00:17:23how you're
00:17:24emoting on
00:17:25the ice
00:17:25you're too
00:17:25young
00:17:26you're too
00:17:26immature
00:17:27too muscular
00:17:28or not
00:17:28muscular enough
00:17:29do I like
00:17:30that color
00:17:30is that
00:17:30dress pretty
00:17:31about
00:17:32everything
00:17:35and then
00:17:36you're
00:17:36trying to
00:17:36please
00:17:37nine judges
00:17:38on today's
00:17:39panel
00:17:39but then
00:17:39another
00:17:40nine on
00:17:40tomorrow's
00:17:41panel
00:17:45what helped
00:17:46me the most
00:17:46was to
00:17:47open up
00:17:47with the
00:17:47people
00:17:48closest to
00:17:48me
00:17:53and I
00:17:54think
00:17:54there was
00:17:55a lot
00:17:55of healing
00:17:56done
00:17:56through
00:17:57years
00:17:57you know
00:17:58through
00:17:59years
00:18:00and just
00:18:01thinking
00:18:01that if
00:18:02I had
00:18:02to do
00:18:02this
00:18:02to
00:18:03somebody
00:18:03else
00:18:03I
00:18:04wouldn't
00:18:04so
00:18:05then I
00:18:05thought
00:18:05why
00:18:06do
00:18:06they
00:18:06do
00:18:06this
00:18:07to
00:18:07me
00:18:07hello
00:18:11I just
00:18:12thought
00:18:12about
00:18:12like if
00:18:13that was
00:18:14my
00:18:15little
00:18:15girl
00:18:16like
00:18:16how
00:18:17would
00:18:17I
00:18:17react
00:18:25it's not
00:18:25something
00:18:26that you
00:18:26fix in
00:18:26one
00:18:26day
00:18:28it's not
00:18:28something
00:18:29that
00:18:30you can
00:18:31just
00:18:31snap your
00:18:32finger
00:18:32and it
00:18:32goes
00:18:32away
00:18:33the hardest
00:18:38thing
00:18:38is
00:18:39to
00:18:39find
00:18:40what's
00:18:41unique
00:18:41for
00:18:41you
00:18:42and
00:18:42let
00:18:43go
00:18:43of
00:18:43that
00:18:44self
00:18:44criticism
00:18:45and
00:18:46use
00:18:46the
00:18:46tools
00:18:46and
00:18:47the
00:18:47community
00:18:48and
00:18:48the
00:18:49team
00:18:49that
00:18:49you
00:18:49have
00:18:49around
00:18:50you
00:18:50to
00:18:50help
00:18:50you
00:18:58if
00:18:58there's
00:18:58something
00:18:59I
00:18:59always
00:18:59want
00:18:59to
00:18:59share
00:19:00it's
00:19:00that
00:19:00I
00:19:01want
00:19:01them
00:19:01to
00:19:02remember
00:19:02that
00:19:03they
00:19:03are
00:19:03unique
00:19:07so
00:19:15you're
00:19:16not
00:19:16trying
00:19:16to
00:19:16copy
00:19:17a
00:19:17movement
00:19:17you're
00:19:17trying
00:19:17to
00:19:18take
00:19:18a
00:19:18movement
00:19:18and
00:19:18make
00:19:19it
00:19:19yours
00:19:25I
00:19:26really
00:19:26hope
00:19:27that
00:19:27by
00:19:28being
00:19:28able
00:19:29to
00:19:29skate
00:19:30like
00:19:30both
00:19:30me
00:19:31and
00:19:31Guillaume
00:19:31do
00:19:32we're
00:19:33going
00:19:33to
00:19:33be
00:19:33able
00:19:33to
00:19:34portray
00:19:35that
00:19:36with
00:19:37athletic
00:19:37bodies
00:19:38you're
00:19:39able
00:19:39to
00:19:39win
00:19:47welcome to
00:19:48Helsinki
00:19:50this
00:19:51this is
00:19:51one of
00:19:51the
00:19:52deepest
00:19:52grand
00:19:53free
00:19:53dance
00:19:53fields
00:19:54I
00:19:54have
00:19:54ever
00:19:54seen
00:19:55of
00:19:55course
00:19:55this
00:19:55is
00:19:55the
00:19:56final
00:19:56grand
00:19:57prix
00:19:57qualifier
00:19:58in this
00:19:59year's
00:19:59series
00:20:00biggest
00:20:00biggest
00:20:01showdown
00:20:02Gillis and
00:20:02Torrier
00:20:03versus
00:20:03Fania
00:20:03Beaudry
00:20:04and
00:20:04Cizeron
00:20:04who's coming
00:20:06out on top
00:20:06Guillaume and
00:20:07Laurence
00:20:08Piper and
00:20:09Paul
00:20:09it's an
00:20:10insane
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00:21:14mode
00:21:15yeah
00:21:28it's a very
00:21:29exciting life
00:21:29at competitions
00:21:30you just kind of spend a lot of time in your room
00:21:33taking care of your body
00:21:35we did a lot of changes to the program since Skate Canada and so it felt a little
00:21:40bit chaotic especially the first week coming back and my brain felt like I had
00:21:44to do a lot of gymnastics to figure out to get comfortable with everything again
00:21:49but I'm feeling really positive about those changes you're so used to doing it a
00:21:53certain way you've built that muscle memory and when you make those changes even if
00:21:58they are positive changes it it takes time to get used to it
00:22:05we've probably changed about 25% of this program in the two weeks that we we had
00:22:15um but I think I mean it was definitely for the better I think Paul and I feel way
00:22:20more comfortable with what we've changed this program to
00:22:28I'm more nervous when I'm doing nothing um I think just like the waiting and sitting
00:22:34around is the worst part
00:22:59Piper and Paul's first test to see how do they stack up in that race to the gold medal at
00:23:06Milan is how will they fare at this Grand Prix in Finland against Guillaume and Laurence
00:23:12welcome to Helsinki in Finland for this Finlandia trophy rhythm dance we have a gold
00:23:19medal favorite who has no world placement from the year before going head-to-head with
00:23:25somebody who's seated this is like not a normal circumstance
00:23:32Helsinki are you ready
00:23:43work together look after each other that's the way it always works the best right we know this
00:23:48and the pressure has never been so intense the energetic expectations of these teams heading towards
00:23:57the big one the Olympic Games
00:24:09in the ice dance competition on a technical panel they will assign a level to the elements
00:24:14the skaters skate that can be anything from a base level to the maximum level four
00:24:22the quality of blade control so so impressive and that is clear criteria for the judges we have come to
00:24:30expect that skaters of the caliber of Laurence young Piper and Paul they'd be pushing level 3 and level 4
00:24:38their musicality and energy really evident throughout that rhythm dance performance
00:24:44I hope for a season best that's the first thing but to be in first position they would have to
00:24:50be
00:24:50around 84 85 86 exactly any more than that would be a bonus any less than that I'll be a
00:24:57little
00:24:57disappointed I'll be right in history slight break there for Piper the lots of ice coverage through the
00:25:04sequential twizzles such quality and the body control of these two athletes it's really really crisp
00:25:18it's been a good skate great job guys
00:25:30Laurence and Guillaume they have three elements under review at present
00:25:37the nice dance the technical specialist the technical controller they can bury somebody because it is so
00:25:45subjective and now it's a level one for their pattern dance type step and a level one for both
00:25:52of the skaters
00:25:54the scores please
00:26:12level one is normally a level more assigned to skaters of far less experience
00:26:19our skating community is rocked by the concept that the Olympic champion can be deemed only
00:26:24worthy of a level one and here just to look at the back bracket no team going above 80 thus
00:26:41far
00:26:41now Piper Gillis and Bob Poirier under review by the panel and that's some harsh calling by the
00:27:05technical panels it was crazy Piper got bass twizzles I don't think she's had a bass twizzle
00:27:21in her entire life in anything ever kind of surprised about I think all the levels throughout
00:27:30the competition it's unfortunate that like the top athletes in the world are getting level ones it
00:27:36looks like we're almost junior skaters and it's not like no one should be getting bases level ones at
00:27:42at this caliber of skating does that make you in the future want to continue to be involved in the
00:27:48sport if it continues like that it's a it's a hard pass we're very well trained to not get carried
00:27:56away with all the judging but in this case it was just so unfair that like we couldn't stay silent
00:28:04thank you for not leaving me by myself I literally had prepped that in my head then you started I
00:28:10was
00:28:10like yes I can rationally comprehend the levels that were assigned I can understand why those levels were
00:28:18given out the difficulty is that it's a different lens and framework that has been used for the calls
00:28:26here than it has been for so many events previously the ISU said that they are now investigating the
00:28:34dance event at that competition and the way it was judged my hope is just that we can see an
00:28:41effort
00:28:41being made to make sure that teams understand why they are getting these levels yesterday doesn't change
00:28:49anything they'll just come out and skate their program they know what to do they have their plan in
00:28:54their head they know how they need to approach it and that's what they'll do
00:29:28next escape
00:29:44Well, yesterday, the ice dance competition was shrouded in discussion about levels and
00:29:51technical element score, and yes, of course, levels count, yes, of course, rules are important,
00:29:59but what makes our sport so special is the way in which it can move humans and move us emotionally.
00:30:08For me, as a fan of the sport and a fan of these people that have given so much for
00:30:14so many years,
00:30:18I'm most grateful for the way they emult and express and move us.
00:30:46Five weeks ago, they won Le Grand Prix de France with the highest score of the season.
00:30:51What will be significant is the relationship of their result to the world's silver medalists,
00:30:58Piper Gillis and Paul Poirier.
00:31:00Since we saw this free dance earlier in the season, they have changed elements to create
00:31:05more points.
00:31:06As they vie to try to take the title at the Finlandia Trophy.
00:31:12With a free dance score of 122.55, it's a silver for the Canadians, and with 124.29,
00:31:20it's gold for the French.
00:31:25Both teams will be headed to the Grand Prix final in just two short weeks, where they will
00:31:30finally go head-to-head with the three-time and reigning world champions Madison Chalk and
00:31:36Evan Bates.
00:31:39I think you have to be mindful of how we treat this experience and how we treat this result.
00:31:45It's very easy to get caught up in all of the numbers of everything and to doubt yourself
00:31:49and feel like you're doing everything wrong.
00:31:51And that's not something we can afford to do right now.
00:31:53We were able to bring the rhythm dance to another level and bring the free dance to another
00:31:59level.
00:32:00And we know how we felt on the ice, no matter what the scores were.
00:32:05And that's what we're going to bring back home.
00:32:30Evan's mom is our Olympic historian.
00:32:34This is from Sochi.
00:32:38She's got it all organized.
00:32:39She labels our costumes for us.
00:32:42So you can see my mom catalogs everything with great care.
00:32:50And these are the opening ceremony glows.
00:32:53She, like, keeps it in these nice plastic bins so it's preserved for when we hopefully
00:32:59one day pass it down to our family.
00:33:02We would definitely like to have kids.
00:33:04If it's in our future, we would be very happy.
00:33:07But that's been on hold and we understand that's just part of the business.
00:33:13My costume from PyeongChang has not come out of that box for seven years.
00:33:30Madison Chalk and Evan Bates have been among the best in the world for the last several
00:33:35years.
00:33:36Look at that lift.
00:33:38Perfectly done.
00:33:39This is make or break for them if they want to climb to the podium.
00:33:45Oh, no.
00:33:48And that is a disaster in Ice Dance.
00:33:54Just looked like she wasn't ahead of him enough on the circle.
00:33:58And with them both going down, that's a two-point deduction.
00:34:02Before the music was even over, I could see Maddie was already crying.
00:34:09Very upset.
00:34:11That's...
00:34:11I hate to see that from anybody.
00:34:13That's their dreams.
00:34:13I hate to see that from anybody.
00:34:19Sorry.
00:34:21It's kind of hard to look back on those games because it's just like it was over before
00:34:30it started.
00:34:37The sweaters from Beijing.
00:34:39This team does lift like no one else in the world.
00:34:42Such trust and beauty.
00:34:45We felt like we actually delivered a great skate.
00:34:50Chalk and dates with a chance to make it on the podium for the first time.
00:34:54And finished in fourth place just off the podium.
00:34:57The margin for error is just so small, being Ice Dance.
00:35:04After we had the kind of Olympic heartbreak, we packed all that stuff away and we like didn't
00:35:08want to even wear the gear.
00:35:16Just the reminder, I think, was really difficult.
00:35:27So it was hard in that moment to commit to another four years after that Olympics.
00:35:35You didn't do coffee to go?
00:35:37Yeah.
00:35:37But in my heart, I think I knew we weren't done.
00:35:55A few years ago, I started kind of feeling ill.
00:36:00Just nauseous and like period like pains, specifically on the left side.
00:36:06And I always had bad periods, but I was like, I'm not having my period right now, but something's
00:36:10happening.
00:36:11And then eventually got in contact with my current doctor.
00:36:17My point's at 345, right?
00:36:20Yeah.
00:36:21That's what I thought.
00:36:22And then on my birthday, January 16th, 2023, the results came in.
00:36:29And of course, I opened it and I was like, ah, cancer.
00:36:32Crap.
00:36:36I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer stage one.
00:36:41It was so, so scary.
00:36:44It's like, am I going to have to stop skating?
00:36:47Am I going to have to like go through chemo?
00:36:49There was so much unknown.
00:36:52I was lucky enough to just have surgery.
00:36:55Like we didn't know how bad it was because it was a nine centimeter cyst with the tumor bleed attached
00:37:03to it.
00:37:04But I got really lucky to not have to do like any other treatment.
00:37:08Um, just follow ups.
00:37:11Hello.
00:37:12Hi.
00:37:12How are you?
00:37:13Good.
00:37:14How are you?
00:37:14Long time no see.
00:37:15I know.
00:37:16Um, anything new since your last visit?
00:37:19Pretty much everything's been.
00:37:21Similar?
00:37:22Okay.
00:37:22Perfect.
00:37:23Yeah.
00:37:23And no aches or pains?
00:37:24Any changes in?
00:37:26No.
00:37:27No.
00:37:27Periods or anything like that?
00:37:28Everything's totally normal.
00:37:30Perfect.
00:37:30Yeah.
00:37:30Okay.
00:37:31I'm doing well.
00:37:32Like I'm currently cancer free.
00:37:33It took about two and a half years for me to like feel like myself.
00:37:37What I've learned was like I just had to be a little bit more patient with myself.
00:37:41Like I couldn't expect myself to be 100% Piper.
00:37:46Cause that 100% Piper isn't there anymore.
00:37:49So all good news from the ultrasound point of view.
00:37:53So that's awesome.
00:37:53Okay.
00:37:54All right.
00:37:55So we'll see you in six months.
00:37:56Okay.
00:37:56Yeah.
00:37:56Any problems?
00:37:57You know where to find me?
00:37:58Yep.
00:38:01Having to experience my mom's cancer battle and, and, and my cancer battle.
00:38:07I think I fought, um, for her.
00:38:12You know, I fought to just live the life that she couldn't see, you know?
00:38:16And if she could see me and like what I'm up to, she'd be proud.
00:38:26It's just made me appreciate every moment in life.
00:38:31It's like every day I get to wake up and go to the rink.
00:38:34It's a blessing.
00:38:42Even if it's hard.
00:38:47Ah, you're waiting too long.
00:38:51You're waiting too long.
00:38:53You know, I'm glad I get to go through the hard stuff.
00:38:55Because it, the alternative is way worse.
00:38:59Ah.
00:39:01It felt good.
00:39:03Yeah.
00:39:06It felt good too long.
00:39:33Oh god.
00:39:43So I'm at the consulate of France in Montreal for the actual physical passport.
00:39:59This is a very special moment.
00:40:10It's very special also to me because I have family in France.
00:40:14So it's more than just for skating.
00:40:21I'm extremely grateful to have that opportunity.
00:40:25It's very exciting.
00:40:48I feel like it'd be fun to open a tea shop.
00:40:50Oh.
00:40:51Yeah.
00:40:53Matcha.
00:40:53That would be fun.
00:40:54So candles and incense.
00:40:56Maybe more incense than candles.
00:40:59I know what I want to do once I retire.
00:41:01I'll be a librarian at your shop.
00:41:04I like this life for us.
00:41:06I'm excited about it actually.
00:41:09It's my favorite yogurt from Japan.
00:41:11So there's something really special about the yogurt lids in Japan.
00:41:15If you drop yogurt on them, none of the yogurt stays on the lid.
00:41:22It just rolls right off.
00:41:26It's magical.
00:41:28This society is superior.
00:41:30They are living in the future.
00:41:33I'm so grateful to be here because there was a moment there where I thought I might not see you
00:41:38in Japan.
00:41:39Skate America was not fun.
00:41:41I was just having a flare up with my back.
00:41:43And so I just took time off after Lake Placid.
00:41:46And I felt so much better.
00:41:47I think we both needed a little break.
00:41:49And when we got back on the ice, it was...
00:41:52We were just all systems go for Japan.
00:42:02Let's talk about the Grand Prix Final.
00:42:04It is the Grand Prix Final.
00:42:05It is the best of the best going head to head.
00:42:08This is like the final frontier.
00:42:10This is what we've kind of all been waiting for.
00:42:13For this Olympic season, it's the first confrontation of the six contenders for the Olympic podium.
00:42:21I expect for the top three to be some combination of
00:42:26Werner-Baudry-Cizzeron, Chuck and Bates,
00:42:32Gillis and Poirier.
00:42:33I gotta give my vote of confidence to Piper and Paul.
00:42:38I feel like you have the gold medal favorites of Chuck and Bates.
00:42:42I just really cannot see anybody beating Mulan and Guillaume.
00:42:46I think it can be very close.
00:42:49Honestly, I cannot tell who is going to win in this case equally.
00:42:56Watch me do it like this, this, this, this, this, this, this.
00:43:07I'm so conscious of the cleanliness, the crispness and the match stylistically in this team.
00:43:23It's very hard to debate the quality of this team, no matter who your favorite team is.
00:43:29Laurence and Guillaume just move with such quality.
00:43:34Every day we cause a scene.
00:43:38Our kin all lies on me.
00:43:43Let's go.
00:43:44Watch me do it like this, this, this, this, this, this.
00:43:47Madison and Evan, they can do stuff that Laurence and Guillaume couldn't do in their very early stages of their
00:43:54partnership.
00:44:03watch me do it like this.
00:44:23Watch me do it like this.
00:44:36Madison and Evan will take first place with Laurence and Guillaume close behind them in
00:44:40second.
00:44:42Piper and Paul are in third place, frustratingly further back as they head into the Freedance
00:44:47to determine who will stand at the podium here at the Grand Prix Final.
00:45:07Let it glide, don't force anything.
00:45:11Okay.
00:45:33So in practice today, my skirt got caught under his foot in the slide.
00:45:39I felt like I had the skirt in my hand.
00:45:41And then when we released to go for the exit, I had a big chunk of it and I just
00:45:46let it go.
00:45:46It kind of slipped underneath my blade.
00:45:50And then at that point, like, you can't skate on fabric.
00:45:55Maddie's the most classy, stylish, well-dressed woman.
00:46:00And it's like she's the victim of her own brilliance when it comes to costume making.
00:46:05And now that dress, it's making me nervous.
00:46:09So I don't know how she's going.
00:46:12It's a feeling, like, with anything, I think, any skirt, like, the other girls also have long skirts.
00:46:18So it's just being aware and, like, finding that sense of awareness while you're out there skating.
00:46:34Final day of competition for the Grand Prix.
00:46:38After the first group of skaters, the British team temporarily hold the lead.
00:46:42That certainly places pressure on Piper and Paul, who will open the next group.
00:46:48On the line, representing Zawa.
00:46:50That is particularly exhilarating and exciting, of course, because it is the Olympic season.
00:46:56We see the real battle for the podium start to shake out now.
00:47:00Very close at the top between Shock and Bates and Fournier, Beaudry, and Cizeron.
00:47:07We're also close for that third place podium spot.
00:47:11Every single move will be important.
00:47:16It would be understandable that the couples would be cautious and want to play it safe and skate cleanly.
00:47:21But, unfortunately, the battle is so intense that they can't have a cautious performance.
00:47:28It has to be an aggressive, attacking performance.
00:47:33Getting to that mindset, okay?
00:47:36No distractions, just another day in the office.
00:47:40Okay.
00:47:40Okay? Take one step at a time.
00:47:43Yeah.
00:47:43You got this?
00:47:44Yeah, we got this.
00:47:46All right.
00:47:48Go and get it then.
00:47:52See you after.
00:47:53Yep.
00:47:54Piper Gillis and Paul Poirier of Canada.
00:47:57They need to score 125.93 points to guarantee a podium spot.
00:48:024th, Piper Gillis, Paul Poirier, Canada.
00:48:08número voor.
00:48:19Gingliis and JовыхAnders.
00:48:20Starry, starry night,
00:48:25Paint your polish blu and gray,
00:48:30look out on a summer's day
00:48:33With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
00:48:37It's been really special to come here at this event
00:48:41and it's just crazy to think about all the years we've skated together
00:48:48all the things that we've been able to live through together
00:49:00On this 15 year journey of ours
00:49:02Paul, like he is my stable, loyal, friend, partner
00:49:08I wouldn't be where I am without him
00:49:14I'm just so struck by how unique the lives that we've been able to live are
00:49:20Those experiences, those stories, those relationships
00:49:24Those are the things I'm going to cherish the most
00:49:31You just take this leap of faith that you found the right partner
00:49:34And I know I definitely did
00:49:42The way in which each element is interwoven
00:49:45And the way in which this is constructed
00:49:47You don't want to interject with words
00:49:49I love it
00:49:52Beautiful
00:49:53Oh my goodness
00:49:54I'm all so good
00:50:01They need 125.92 points
00:50:05To tie for third
00:50:070.93 would guarantee them a top three spot
00:50:10Going to be very close between them and Lila Fear and Lewis Gibson
00:50:14As they wait for their scores
00:50:18125.86
00:50:20The total competition score of 208.75
00:50:26Most likely move them off the podium
00:50:29Six one-hundredths, separate
00:50:31Six one-hundredths
00:50:33Very close
00:50:34Wow
00:50:35Goodness gracious, that is so close
00:50:38All good
00:50:39You've seen the best
00:50:40You've seen the best
00:50:41That's a bit of a shocking result for me
00:50:45Despite skating well, Piper and Paul find themselves out of the conversation for gold
00:50:50There are a host of questions now for Piper, Paul and their team
00:50:54As to how they can get back in favor with the judges
00:50:58What can be done moving toward the Olympic Games?
00:51:05I don't want to go into the rest of the year having to like skate amazing like that and have
00:51:09no supporters
00:51:15We've put so much energy into this and like
00:51:18Of course we have
00:51:19We've put in everything we can
00:51:22We can go home and put in work
00:51:24But
00:51:27It's one of those moments where we have to appear strong even if we're pissed off
00:51:31We can have all of our feelings, okay?
00:51:34I understand how you feel
00:51:35Yeah
00:51:35I'm just like
00:51:38There's
00:51:39There's
00:51:40There's just so much work
00:51:40Yeah
00:51:42It feels like it's for nothing this year
00:51:45It's gonna be for something
00:51:46I know
00:51:47It's gonna be for something, okay?
00:51:49It's gonna be for something, okay?
00:51:49It's gonna be for something when people actually say something to me
00:51:51Oh yeah
00:51:54Yeah
00:51:55Yeah
00:51:56Yeah
00:51:57Yeah
00:51:58Yeah
00:52:10From the race to the podium, to the race to the top, Laurence Fournier-Baudry and Guillaume
00:52:17Cizeron.
00:52:18And this is a team that could challenge for an Olympic gold medal.
00:52:23So their performance here, super important to see how they stack up against Chalk and
00:52:27Evan Bates who are the Olympic gold medal favorites.
00:52:30Madison Chalk and Evan Bates have accomplished so much, they are the three-time reigning world
00:52:36champions and they feel like it is their time to grab that Olympic gold medal.
00:52:42And for sure, no one can make a mistake here.
00:52:58But I'm done with waiting for greatness.
00:53:05I can feel it in my blood.
00:53:12Cause it won't be...
00:53:13Qualifying for the Grand Prix Final was already a big milestone for us.
00:53:18I can feel it for my name...
00:53:21It's so crazy like coming into this with Laurence and having this history together,
00:53:26like being such close friends for so many years.
00:53:33This might be our final Grand Prix Final, so I know it's going to be special just in that regard.
00:53:42This year in particular has presented some new challenges for us.
00:53:48All the goals that we've set for ourselves are right in front of us.
00:53:52This team will draw blood, sweat and tears to get themselves to be the Olympic champions in Milan.
00:53:59I'm so happy that I found the courage to ask Laurence to skate with me.
00:54:03It's important to pause, look back how far we've come and how much we've grown together.
00:54:11This is the first time that they've really felt the heat of another team kind of nipping at their heels.
00:54:20All the years of hard work, we left no stone unturned and we did it together.
00:54:26This has been the problem element earlier in practice.
00:54:36We don't know how long it's gonna last. We don't know if we'll keep going or if it's just for
00:54:42this one year.
00:54:45So we try to grasp every moment of it.
00:54:49Lil and Gyeong showcasing something incomprehensibly spellbinding.
00:54:57Oh my goodness, absolute nightmare.
00:55:00And the final element incurs a fall.
00:55:03So that mistake will cost them.
00:55:08They had a chance to make a big statement against Chalk and Bates in this competition
00:55:12and it was their opportunity to win over this team ahead of the Olympics.
00:55:18Wow, the plot absolutely thickens.
00:55:25But despite all the pressure placed upon them by the French team,
00:55:29Madison and Evan stepped up and delivered.
00:55:33Ice dance this season has been dramatic.
00:55:55The margin was 1.18 points between this team and the team of Chalk and Bates.
00:56:02The mistakes certainly seem like they'll loom costly here as the judges put the finishing touches on the score.
00:56:14That somewhat freakfall by Laurence at the end of the program and we'll see that of course in the replays.
00:56:21Oh, it's a dress.
00:56:23Was it the true one?
00:56:24It was the dress.
00:56:25No way.
00:56:28Yes.
00:56:29What do you want?
00:56:29The errors are human.
00:56:30The errors are human.
00:56:32You're not in L1 and L1.
00:56:34The score, 126.69 with a 214.25.
00:56:47Even with a fall, that is a big score.
00:56:51And this begs the question, if Laurence and Guillaume had skated cleanly,
00:56:55what would they have received from the judges?
00:56:59The next team have had dress issues themselves.
00:57:02They've been very much the undisputed favorites for that Olympic gold medal.
00:57:07And I think that they've handled this pressure so beautifully.
00:57:11Here, the final team in the Grand Prix Final.
00:57:15In a season of surprising results and surprising scores, you can still see that Madison and Evan
00:57:21are wondering what is going to be rewarded and awarded to them.
00:57:25It's a great team in the Grand Prix Final.
00:57:31It's a great team in the Grand Prix Final.
00:57:32131.68.
00:57:34Season's best first overall with a total competition score of 220.42.
00:57:40You are looking at the champions.
00:57:48It has to have been a challenging season, but despite all the pressure placed upon them
00:57:55by the French team, they have maintained their status as the front runners.
00:58:01I'm happy that we still got second, but we're at this point in our career where, unfortunately,
00:58:09we're not content with a second place.
00:58:13It kind of brings up that fire inside towards the Olympics.
00:58:23It's hard to be in this position and, like, have to go home and try to figure out how to
00:58:28be better.
00:58:30We have eight weeks until the Olympics.
00:58:33It's very important to not let the setbacks turn into doubt.
00:58:38The path to success will require us to have utmost faith in the decisions that we've made for ourselves.
00:59:01It's very important to not let the setbacks turn into doubt.
00:59:02Oh, thank you.
00:59:02Chestnuts, not to die for this.
00:59:04Chestnuts?
00:59:05Chestnuts.
00:59:05Beautiful.
00:59:06Wow.
00:59:12I'm sorry, bud.
00:59:15Mochi is superb.
00:59:20Splendid.
00:59:21Succulent.
00:59:23You don't like mochi, do you?
00:59:25Yeah, I know.
00:59:25Sorry.
00:59:27Good sport.
00:59:29Being here is a win, honestly.
00:59:32It could have been easy to just not show up.
00:59:39Just kind of, like, respectfully bow out, but we didn't.
00:59:48We have proven to ourselves what we already know to be true is that, like, we'll do whatever it takes
00:59:52to take the ice.
01:00:00Olympic gold was always the goal.
01:00:03After this week, it has solidified we have the ability to accomplish what we set out to do.
01:00:14What if it all works out?
01:00:17What if all our dreams come true?
01:00:21What if we get exactly what we've been working for?
01:00:32Reflecto i miei
01:00:33Pensieri in uno specchio
01:00:36Ma non mi ci rispecchio
01:00:38Chiedo chi sei
01:00:39Ho già visto quella faccia
01:00:43La prossima domanda
01:00:45So già che non risponderai
01:00:49Dimmi dai
01:00:50Dove andrai?
01:00:52Non è tanto dove
01:00:54Però porta come
01:00:56Porta con te
01:00:58Chi c'è, chi c'è
01:00:59Chi mi ha letto
01:01:00Ha detto ti rialzerai
01:01:02E allora vedrai
01:01:05Se poi ti conviene
01:01:07Essere per bene
01:01:09Non me la bevo, non ti conviene
01:01:11Oggi si lo vedrai
01:01:13Mi impegnerò
01:01:15Mi impegnerò a volermi più bene
01:01:16Mi impegnerò a volermi più bene
01:01:17Scioglierò capelli e catene
01:01:18E mi impegnerò capelli e catene
01:01:20E mi impegnerò capelli e catene
01:01:20E mi impegnerò capelli e catene
01:01:20Perché sono libera
01:01:21Di portare il mio tempo
01:01:23Dire quello che sento
01:01:24Sono più libera
01:01:26Se a volte un po' spanno
01:01:27Se lascio il comando
01:01:29Il cuore si libera
01:01:30Non ha più l'affanno
01:01:31Era solo un inganno
01:01:33Perché sono libera
01:01:41Riporto i miei pensieri
01:01:43Sui miei passi
01:01:44Se sono un po' distratti
01:01:46Le sgriderò
01:01:48Scappo via
01:01:50Ma sono a caccia
01:01:52Do fuoco a questa miccia
01:01:54Più tardi poi mi scuserò
01:01:57Vestiti
01:02:00Ancora
01:02:01Dei tuoi sbagli
01:02:06Guardati
01:02:09Non vorrai rifarli
01:02:12E allora vedrai
01:02:18Se poi ti conviene
01:02:20Essere per bene
01:02:22Non me la bevo
01:02:23Non ti conviene
01:02:24Oggi se lo vedrai
01:02:26Mi impegnerò
01:02:28A volermi più bene
01:02:29Scioglierò capelli e catene
01:02:32Perché sono libera
01:02:35Di portare il mio tempo
01:02:36Dire quello che sento
01:02:37Sono più libera
01:02:39Se a volte un po' spanno
01:02:40Se lascio il comando
01:02:42Il cuore si libera
01:02:43Non ha più l'affanno
01:02:44Era solo un inganno
01:02:46Perché
01:02:46Sono libera
01:02:59Sono libera
01:03:01Sono libera
01:03:05Perché sono libera
01:03:17Oggi
01:03:37Ti
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