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In the last run, Lemley landed an impressive 82.30, but there were still three competitors to go, including 2022 Olympic silver medalist Kauf and favorite Anthony, who had registered a score of 83.96 the preceding round.
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Liz Lemley won Olympic gold.
The advice given to her parents: put her in ice dance in either Texas or Michigan.
Their score of 134.67 in the free dance bested all 18 skaters before them in Wednesday’s free dance program at Milano Ice Skating Arena.
Davis and White remain the only Americans to win gold in ice dance, at the Sochi Games in 2014.
They own two Olympic gold medals from the team event, the 2026 version secured in large part because of them.
Chock’s family moved from Redondo Beach, Calif., to Novi, Mich., because Chock — who first ice skated at 5 when her parents took her to Promenade Ice Chalet in Palos Verdes, Calif. — fell in love with figure skating.
She joined All Year FSC, and her coaches recommended she give ice dance a try.
Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates came 1.43 points shy of an Olympic gold medal.
Stolz became the first American man to win this event since he watched Davis do it from his living room in 2010.
China’s Zhongyan Ning took the bronze with 1:07.34.
Boo also bested the previous Olympic record but finished a half-second behind Stolz at 1:06.78.
He clasped his hands together in a thank-you salute as he finished, breathless and with an enormous grin.
His American teammates Conor McDermott-Mostowy (1:08.48) and Cooper McLeod (109.31) finished ninth and 19th in their Olympic debuts.
Stolz, who skates professionally for the Dutch team Albert Heijn Zaanlander, received a roar at the finish from the sea of Netherlands orange.
He stood at the podium with his right hand on his heart, the same arm that pumped hard during a record-breaking performance and a final lap that was one for the ages, now resting comfortably on a gold medal.
By the following year, he was a three-time world champion in the 500m, 1000m and 1500m.
Stolz finished 14th in the 1000m in Beijing at just 17.
The same boy who begged Dirk to plow off a clean circle on the lake so he could practice his crossovers late into the night, who would study videos of how to break Pavel Kulizhnikov’s world record when he was 12, is now the guy generations will try to emulate.
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