Madison Chock and Evan Bates won a record-tying fifth Skate America on Sunday with a theatrical, flamenco-styled free dance, which earned them the best score in the world this season and kept the Americans on track for the Milan Cortina Olympics.

The three-time reigning ice dance world champions, who will be favored to win gold at the Winter Games in February, had a big lead after their short program Saturday. They pulled away with a free dance choreographed to a version of the Rolling Stones hit “Paint It Black” from the dystopian sci-fi western series “Westworld,” finishing with a score of 212.58 points.

Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha of Canada were second with 197.16 points. Evgeniia Lopareva and Geoffrey Brissaud of France were third with 192.61 points, while the U.S. team of Chri

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