EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — World silver medalists Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue of the United States broke the 200-point total for the first time in their long career together and won the ice dance gold medal at Skate America on Sunday.
Hubbell and Donohue finished with 200.82 points: 78.43 for Saturday's rhythm dance and another 122.39 for Sunday's free dance. The previous best for the two Americans, who have been skating together since 2011, are defending U.S. champions and competed at the Pyeongchang Olympics, was 197.42 at last month's U.S. International Classic in Salt Lake City, which they won for the fourth year in a row.
Italy's Charlene Guignad and Marco Fabbri of Italy, second in the rhythm dance, secured the silver, finishing with 192.30 points after their second-place free dance performance.
The Russian duo of Tiffani Zagorski and Jonathan Guerreiro followed up their third-place performance Saturday by finishing third in the free dance to bag the bronze with 181.38
Lorraine McNamara and Quinn Carpenter of the U.S. placed fourth, just barely behind Zagorski and Guerreiro, with 180.57.
