Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics: relive the incredible passage of Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron

A wonderful performance… At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron scored 90.83, beating their own world record. The quadruple world champions thus edged the Russians Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapo by just over two points, who obtained 88.85 points and the Americans Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue who won 87.13 points. After their performance, it was at the microphone of France Télévisions that the duo declared: “The Olympic Games are not an easy competition. We were very nervous so we are happy to have put in a good performance. By not going to the European Championships, after the cancellation of the Grand Prix final, it gave us a few more weeks of training. We were able to let the magic happen on the ice.“

Following their performance, on two John Legend songs, many fans congratulated them. “You give me goosebumps every time… So much fluidity and grace (…) And then everything is always perfect: costumes, music (…) You have always made me dream of these Olympics“; “Magnificent perfect technique, masterful interpretation, completely in the theme. Well-deserved world record” ; but also : “Bravo, splendid performance, I imagine the hours of work, and the result is there.“A few hours before their passage on the ice, it was Gwendal Peizerat, crowned in 2002 in Salt Lake City, who confided in France Bleu Saint-Étienne Loire. “These are the favourites. They already were four years ago. They then mastered the discipline in an almost insolent way. Today, a little less. They did not continue the harvest of titles that they had garnered at that time. The fact remains that they are well above the lot. They have the capacity without problem to have this Olympic title“, he had indicated.

Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron broke their record

Referring to the expectation of the public, Gwendal Peizerat explained: “When the title is already given in advance. We become infallible for the public and others. We no longer have the right to make mistakes at all. But no one is superhuman. It does not exist people who are infallible. You really feel alone at that time. As everyone is convinced that we will have the title, there is no one to help us, to encourage us a little more. We know that the Olympic Games are very difficult.” The outcome will take place on Monday February 14, 2022 from 2:15 a.m. with the free dance.

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