--- title: Madison Chock, Evan Bates Fall in Olympics Free Dance description: The U.S.'s Madison Chock and Evan Bates both fell in their final ice dancing routine at the Winter Olympics, a rare and devastating misstep. canonical: https://time.com/5166046/chock-bates-ice-dancing-fall/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-20T03:48:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:45.776Z og:title: The Internet Is Heartbroken Over This U.S. Ice Dancing Pair og:description: Madison Chock and Evan Bates both fell in their long program og:url: https://time.com/5166046/chock-bates-ice-dancing-fall/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4df9849b80a9680f/6989283b929fad6477befaf1/evan-bates-madison-chock.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5568 og:image:height: 3132 og:image:alt: Evan Bates Madison Chock og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Heartbroken Over This U.S. Ice Dancing Pair twitter:description: Madison Chock and Evan Bates both fell in their long program twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4df9849b80a9680f/6989283b929fad6477befaf1/evan-bates-madison-chock.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is Heartbroken for This U.S. Olympic Ice Dancing Pair Whose Fall Dashed Their Medal Hopes > Sponsored content. 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USA's Madison Chock and USA's Evan Bates fall in the ice dance free dance of the figure skating event during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung on February 20, 2018. MLADEN ANTONOV—AFP/Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 20, 2018 3:48 AM UTC U.S. Olympians [Madison Chock and Evan Bates](http://time.com/5134647/ice-skating-couples-winter-olympics-2018/) were executing a graceful long program to John Lennon’s “Imagine” at the ice dancing finals on Monday [in PyeongChang](http://time.com/5131461/ice-dance-olympics-2018-how-to-watch/) when they both fell down simultaneously in the midst of their routine, also bringing down their hopes of making it to the Winter Olympics podium this year. Chock and Bates had been in seventh place after their earlier short dance. Chock was also competing [with a foot injury.](http://people.com/sports/winter-olympics-2018-madison-chock-evan-bates-secret-pain-injury/) The two were in the midst of a spin turning into a lift when one of each of their skates made contact with the other, a rare misstep in the precision sport of ice dancing. That error became an immediate points deduction — and, given the strength of the remaining pool of ice dancers, dashed their dreams of medaling against contenders like Canada’s [Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir](http://time.com/5144416/tessa-virtue-scott-moir-relationship/), the French pair of Guillaume Cizeron and [Gabriella Papadakis](http://time.com/5165948/free-dance-olympics-tessa-virtue-scott-moir/), and fellow Americans [Maia and Alex Shibutani](http://time.com/5155292/maia-alex-shibutani-skating-siblings-olympics-2018/). The internet immediately reacted with an outpouring of sympathy for Chock and Bates, who valiantly continued with their program without further incident — and ended it with an emotional embrace. > [](https://twitter.com/NickMcCarvel/status/965788442700398592) > [](https://twitter.com/cecipicard/status/965788801942675456) > [](https://twitter.com/jackydoorey/status/965788467891290112) > [](https://twitter.com/adejax7/status/965790555363004423) > [](https://twitter.com/synthiat/status/965790537105145856) > [](https://twitter.com/xandra%5Fphillips/status/965790529052139520) > [](https://twitter.com/Weirdadverb/status/965790484059836416) > [](https://twitter.com/jescapades/status/965790474530369536) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5166046/chock-bates-ice-dancing-fall/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5166046/chock-bates-ice-dancing-fall/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Heartbroken for This U.S. Olympic Ice Dancing Pair Whose Fall Dashed Their Medal Hopes","datePublished":"2018-02-20T03:48:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:45.776Z","description":"Madison Chock and Evan Bates both fell in their long program","url":"https://time.com/5166046/chock-bates-ice-dancing-fall/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Winter Olympics","onetime","2018 Pyeongchang Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4df9849b80a9680f/6989283b929fad6477befaf1/evan-bates-madison-chock.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4df9849b80a9680f/6989283b929fad6477befaf1/evan-bates-madison-chock.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Evan Bates Madison Chock","caption":"Evan Bates Madison Chock","creditText":"MLADEN ANTONOV—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5166046/chock-bates-ice-dancing-fall/","name":"The Internet Is Heartbroken for This U.S. Olympic Ice Dancing Pair Whose Fall Dashed Their Medal Hopes"}}]}] ```