The International Skating Union issued a defense of a controversial Olympic judge after Madison Chock and Evan Bates fell short of the gold medal by a narrow margin to the French duo in ice dance.

American ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates said they believed they had delivered an Olympic gold-medal performance on Wednesday despite having to settle for silver behind France's Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron.

A shocking Olympic ice dance result sparked controversy after French duo Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry edged Madison Chock and Evan Bates, fueling judging bias claims and calls for an investigation.

France's Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron won the ice dance gold medal at the Milano Cortina Olympics.

The figure skating world is screaming “sacré bleu” over the scoring by French judge Jezabel Dabouis that cost American pair Madison Chock and Evan Bates gold in the ice dance competition. Dabouis’ scoring has come under intense scrutiny in the 24 hours after controversial French duo Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron edged out Chock and Bates with a total score of 225.

The International Skating Union says it stands by the judging of ice dance at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, where the scores from the French judge earlier this week played a big role in the

Relive the dramatic end to the ice dance competition between Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the U.S. and France's Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry

Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron arrived at the Milan Cortina Olympics amid a swirl of controversy, with the French ice dancers hoping to upset the dominant American duo of Madison