Introduction more than solid for Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron.
The pair of tricolor skaters entered the running this Saturday afternoon in Beijing.
They managed to assume their status as favorites and even better than that, they broke their own rhythm dance world record with a score of 90.83 points.
That is 80 hundredths better than their previous score.
The path to gold opens after this first step has been successfully completed.
In 2018, they were big favorites in the ice dance event, but their title hopes were dashed from their short dance following a clothing mishap when the choker that held the green fringed top and yellows of the skater had detached from the first seconds.
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They had finally won silver and despite their impressive track record (quadruple world champions and five-time European champions), the incident continues to stick to their skin.
