If there’s one thing world history class taught me, it’s this: Give the French 20 years or so and they’ll prove they haven’t learned a thing.
This is apparently true in matters big (German perfidy, theMaginot Line, etc.) and small (suspect figure-skating judging at the Olympics). Because, 24 years after a French judging scandal led to an unprecedented second gold medal being awarded at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, it appears the Gauls are at it again in Italy.
According to theNew York Post, French judge Jezabel Dabouis is the one under scrutiny this time after her scoring led to a controversial French duo scoring a win over an American duo in the ice dancing competition at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.
Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron won the competition with 225.82 points, 1.43 points over Madison Chock and Evan Bates at 224.39.
However, Dabouis’ scoring is under severe scrutiny after she scored Beaudry and Cizeron 7.71 points higher in the free dance event despite the fact that the French pair “failed to nail their synchronised twizzles.”
For most of us, reading that sentence is kind of funny, but considering the fact that she scored her fellow countrymen at 137.45 and the Americans at 129.74 — the only judge who didn’t give them over 130 points despite a general consensus they nailed their routine — that begins to look a lot more suspect.
For those of you wondering, this is what a “synchronized twizzle” is supposed to look like:
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TWIZZLES IN THE WORLD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!pic.twitter.com/oXkEpy5l2l
— olympics era 🕊️ (@1644vms)February 7, 2026
And here’s what the Gauls managed:
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