The longtime battle between Madison Chock and Evan Bates, and Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue — two of the top ice dances teams in the country and the world — continued Saturday night, this time with Hubbell and Donohue reigning supreme. After losing the national title to Chock and Bates last year, Hubbell and Donohue reclaimed what they had won in 2018 and 2019 with a 134.90 free dance score for their “Hallelujah” program and 224.56 total at the 2021 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Both scores are championship records. “You can’t tell because we’re wearing these masks, but right now we’re smiling like a monkey with a new banana,” Donohue told reporters during a virtual press conference. Hubbell continued, “Third-time national champion has a really nice ring to it. We worked really hard this year, and through all the struggles it’s actually been a really productive year for us. It was not the easiest performance for us tonight, we definitely had to keep calm and skate on, but we couldn’t be happier to be here and have accomplished this big goal.” FIGURE SKATING NATIONALS: Full Results | TV Schedule Hubbell and Donohue are the first dance team to win three U.S. titles since 2014… Read full this story
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