MILAN (AP) — 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 French couple of Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron beating the American team of Madison Chock and Evan Bates.

The International Skating Union is supporting the judge whose scores played a key role in the American duo of Madison Chock and Evan Bates finishing second to Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume C...

French judge Jezabel Dabouis favored Beaudry, 33, and Cizeron, 31, in the free dance by a margin so high it made the difference between gold and silver.