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Get to know Team USA ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates._  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 20, 2018 3:48 AM UTC Get to know Team USA ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates.  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) ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] [00:06] My first memory from the Olympics would be watching [00:08] the Atlantic games. I have a lot of good memories from [00:11] watching the gymnastics team, watching Michael [00:14] Johnson in the track and field events. And that was just [00:17] sort of the start for me. That sort of just lit the fire that [00:19] I wanted to be in the An [00:23] Olympian someday. [ MUSIC ] We've been skating [00:23] together for six years, and a partnership is awesome. [00:27] He makes me laugh everyday. There's not a single day [00:29] that goes by where he doesn't make me laugh. [00:29] [ MUSIC ] When training gets hard or frustrating I just [00:29] know he's always there and got my back. Yeah, [00:35] I love that. [ MUSIC ] I'm really [00:45] excited about our programs. I'm so proud of them. [00:47] What Evan and I have created this year, I think they're [00:49] really special. We're skating to Imagine by John [00:50] Lennon. It's a song that really resonates [00:55] with us, and I'm sure resonates with many people, and [00:57] I think it's very relevant, especially right [01:01] now. Now. [ MUSIC ] I think the Olympics in particular [01:06] is very much something that brings the world together. [01:09] No matter what's going on in the world. Things pause, [01:11] and people come together. To celebrate the spirit of [01:14] camaraderie, of fair play, those are Olympic ideals that [01:18] we take with us and we live by. 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