Madison Chock and Evan Bates have ground to make up in their pursuit of ice dance gold at the Milano Cortina Olympics.

American ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates, the three-time world champs, were second after the rhythm dance at the Olympics heading into Wednesday's free dance.

Madison Chock and Evan Bates claimed the silver medal in a thrilling Olympic ice dance final, while teammates Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik finished fourth.

France's Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron performed last, and they scored 135.64 points for a total of 225.82 to take the lead and win gold. While Chock and Bates went home with a ...