Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue know just how difficult it can be to reach the top of American ice dancing. It took seven years the first time around.
Now, after a hiccup U.S. silver medal last season, they strive to not only regain their national title, but to also win an Olympic gold medal. Hubbell and Donohue have 16 months until what they plan to be their second and final Olympics together in Beijing.
“It’s really sad to think that, in 18 months, show skating will be my only option of skating with Zach,” Hubbell said before Skate America, the first top-level competition in eight months, starts Friday in Las Vegas without ticketed spectators.