With the win, they became the first American ice dance team to win three consecutive World Championship golds.

Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates danced to gold at the World Figure Skating Championships on Saturday to become the first team in 28 years to capture three consecutive world ice dance titles. Leading by almost four points after their electrifying rhythm dance on Friday -- vast by ice dance standards -- Chock and Bates were almost perfect to score 131.

Madison Chock and Evan Bates became the first ice dancers to win three consecutive world championships in nearly three decades on Saturday night, the Americans holding onto first place with their