2019 U.S. National silver medalists Madison Chock and Evan Bates took the lead after the Rhythm Dance in Greensboro, N.C., on Friday at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex. Defending champions Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue are close behind, followed by Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker who took bronze last year.
Chock and Bates showed great energy in their jazzy routine to "Too Darn Hot", showing very good level 4 twizzles, pattern and diagonal steps. The only mistake came when Chock had a tiny slip on a twizzle during the Finnsteps which was graded a level 3, and they scored 87.63 points.
"I just tipped over and thought, 'at least this is an outside edge, it could be worse,' and we recovered really well, but it was unexpected," said Chock of the mistake. "This is something we have been working really hard to get back to. We have had a long career together with many highs and many lows. We are happy to back on a high, and we want to keep pushing ourselves to that trajectory."
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Chock and Bates showed great energy in their jazzy routine to "Too Darn Hot", showing very good level 4 twizzles, pattern and diagonal steps. The only mistake came when Chock had a tiny slip on a twizzle during the Finnsteps which was graded a level 3, and they scored 87.63 points.
"I just tipped over and thought, 'at least this is an outside edge, it could be worse,' and we recovered really well, but it was unexpected," said Chock of the mistake. "This is something we have been working really hard to get back to. We have had a long career together with many highs and many lows. We are happy to back on a high, and we want to keep pushing ourselves to that trajectory."
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What are your thoughts on the Rhythm Dance? Did the judges get it right?
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