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France’s extremely talented and extremely controversial ice dancers, explained

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Laurence Fournier Beaudry and partner Guillaume Cizeron are gold medal favorites in ice dance. They also are the most controversial pairing in the event. | Sarah Stier/Getty Images When Olympic ice dance pair Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillame Cizeron take to the ice on Wednesday, they’ll do so as the favorites for gold. The French duo currently leads the pack with a score of 90.18, a slim margin over the Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates, and roughly 4 points ahead of Canadians Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier. And Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron’s free dance, the concluding, lon...