Olympics-Figure skating-Chock & Bates put US atop the leaderboard in figure skating's team event
By Lori Ewing
MILAN, Feb 6 (Reuters) - American ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates delivered a commanding start for reigning champions the United States in the figure skating team event at the Milano Cortina Olympics, winning Friday's rhythm dance with a world's best score this season.
Skating with the precision and polish that made them three- times world champions, the duo scored 91.06 points with their programme to a montage of music by The Guess Who and Lenny Kravitz to ignite the raucous U.S. fans inside the Milano Ice Skating Arena.
Their performance pushed France down to second on the leaderboard, with new French duo Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron scoring 89.98 for their skate to Madonna's "Vogue."
Britain are third after Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson scored 86.85 points.
Introduced in 2014 in Sochi, the three-day team event features one entry per country in each of men's and women's singles, pairs and ice dance skating in both short and long programmes.
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