Johannes
Hosfl ot Klaebo
CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING,
NORWAY
Johannes Hosfl ot
Klaebo, the Norwegian
cross-country skiing
superstar, has been
Ice dancing has long
toiled in the Olympic
shadow of fi gure skat-
ing, its more acrobatic
cousin. But the sport
is poised to be a head-
liner in Beijing, thanks
to a slate of incredibly
talented and highly
competitive teams that
fuse the elegance of
ballroom dance with
the athleticism of pairs
skating. The favorites
among them are
Gabriella Papadakis
and Guillaume Cizeron,
who won silver at
the 2018 Olympics.
Their free dance to
Moonlight Sonata i n
PyeongChang was a
master class in deep
edges, rich emotion
and perfect synchrony.
It wasn’t quite
enough to earn gold.
But Tessa Virtue
and Scott Moir, the
Canadian team that
beat them, have since
retired, and Moir is now
one of their coaches.
Gabriella Papadakis
and Guillaume Cizeron
ICE DANCING, FRANCE