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Ice dance champ Papadakis says she lost Olympic commentary role for NBC over dispute with ex-partner
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FILE - Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France celebrate their gold medal during the Ice Dance victory ceremony at the Figure Skating World Championships in Montpellier, south of France, Saturday, March 26, 2022. - photo by AP Photo/Francisco Seco, file
PARIS (AP) — Olympic ice dance champion Gabriella Papadakis says she lost her commentary role with NBC at the upcoming Winter Olympics because of her former skating partner's response to revelations in her new book. In an interview with sports daily L’Équipe on Friday, the retired French skater said the decision was taken after Guillaume Cizeron publicly contested what she wrote in “So as Not to Disappear,” released this week. Cizeron asked his lawyers on Tuesday to formally put all parties involved on notice to cease the “ dissemination of defamatory statements” about him.