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Reuters
02-03-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Olympic ice dance champion Cizeron partners with Fournier Beaudry
March 2 (Reuters) - Olympic ice dance champion Guillaume Cizeron of France is teaming up with Canadian Laurence Fournier Beaudry, he said on Sunday. Five months ago Fournier Beaudry's former partner Nikolaj Sorensen was suspended for six years for sexual maltreatment. "Today the universe offers us a new adventure," Cizeron wrote in an Instagram post under a photo of himself and Fournier Beaudry. "A duo born from friendship, respect and love for the sport. A dance written by the years, and fueled by the fire of our dreams. A new story begins." Although the post did not specify which country they would represent, the 32-year-old Fournier Beaudry is now listed under the France flag on the International Skating Union's website. Cizeron, 30, and Gabriella Papadakis won the 2022 Beijing Olympic gold medal and five world titles before announcing their retirement in December. Sorensen, born in Denmark but who represented Canada, was suspended for a minimum of six years by Canada's Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner amid an investigation over an alleged sexual assault of an American figure skating coach and former skater in 2012. The allegation has not been proven in court. Fournier Beaudry and Sorensen finished ninth skating for Canada at the 2022 Olympics and fifth at the 2023 world championships. They both previously represented Denmark. Switching national allegiances is common in both ice dance and pairs figure skating because of the shortage of partners. Papadakis recently partnered with American Madison Hubbell, who won gold in the team event at the Beijing Olympics, to skate in exhibition events in a bid to help clear the way for same-sex pairs to compete officially.
NBC Sports
02-03-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Guillaume Cizeron eyes ice dance return with Laurence Fournier Beaudry
Guillaume Cizeron, who won 2022 Olympic ice dance gold with Gabriella Papadakis for France, plans to return to ice dance competition with a new partner, Laurence Fournier Beaudry, who has been competing for Canada. 'A new story begins,' the skaters said in a social media post announcing the partnership. They want 'to make France shine at the Milan Cortina Olympic Games in 2026,' according to a France figure skating federation press release. A rep for the skaters said that Fournier Beaudry is in the process of obtaining French citizenship to make them eligible to compete at the Olympics together. Cizeron, 30, and Papadakis, 29, announced a joint retirement on Dec. 3. Their last competition was March 2022 when they won a fifth world title together. Fournier Beaudry, 32, placed ninth at the 2022 Olympics with Nikolaj Sørensen, then fifth and ninth at the last two World Championships. This past October, Sørensen was banned for at least six years for sexual maltreatment, according to Canada's Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner. With their previous partners, both Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron trained at the Ice Academy of Montreal. After Papadakis and Cizeron left competition, Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates won the last two World Championships in 2023 and 2024. Later this month, Chock and Bates will bid to become the first ice dance couple to win three consecutive world titles in 28 years. Nick Zaccardi,
