ISU defends ice dance scoring amid controversy
created: Feb. 13, 2026, 2:54 p.m. | updated: Feb. 13, 2026, 7:59 p.m.
There is little recourse for the U.S. team if the global governing body is unwilling to investigate the scoring discrepancy.
The French team wound up with a silver medal.
Dabouis also had a wide margin favoring the French couple in the Olympic rhythm dance, when they also beat the U.S. team.
The most famous judging controversy in Olympic figure skating also involved a French judge.
But allegations of vote-swapping and selling of votes by French judge Marie-Reine Le Gougne led to an investigation by the ISU and the International Olympic Committee, and she was ultimately found guilty of misconduct and suspended.
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