American ice dancers defeat Canadian rivals for championship as tensions between countries continue
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Alberta,Canada,PremierDanielleSmithjoins‘FoxNewsLive’todiscussthelatestontariffsbetweentheUnitedStatesandCanadaandPresidentDonaldTrump’soffertomakeCanadathe51ststate.
AmericansMadisonChockandEvanBatesbecamethefirsticedancerstowinthreeconsecutiveworldchampionshipsinnearlythreedecadesSaturdaynight,andtheAmericanswereholdingontofirstplacewiththeirjazzyfreeskateafterastrongperformancebyCanadianrivalsPiperGillesandPaulPoirier.
ChockandBatesfinishedwith222.06points,whileGillesandPoiriertookthesilvermedalforthesecondstraightyearwith216.54.LilahFearandLewisGibsonlandedonthepodiuminthird,earningBritain’sfirstworldmedalsinceJayneTorvillandChristopherDeanfinishedtheirrunoffourstraighticedancetitlesin1984.
OksanaGrishukandEvgeniPlatovwerethelasttowinthreeinarow,triumphingfourstraighttimesforRussiafrom1994-97.
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