Dat over fifteen years they are side by side. On the ice and in life. Marco Fabbri and Charlène Guignard I am one of those couples who not only collect photographs to remember the best moments together, but above all medals: European, World, Grand Prix. And now, to Milan Cortina 2026even Olympic ones. The blue ice dancing couple has already left its mark, confirming the bronze for Italy in the Team Event and closing the rhythm dance in fifth placeremaining fully in the running for the podium. On the notes of Everybody of the Backstreet Boys they made the public dream: the nineties theme worked, the energy was there. And with a few points behind from Great Britain and Canada, all that remains is to wait for the free dance decisive for the medal.
Charlene Guignard and partner Marco Fabbri of Team Italy competes in Ice Dance – Rhythm Dance
Marco Fabbri and Charlène Guignard, a couple on and off the ice
They skate together and live together. Sharing everything is not easy, but Marco Fabbri and Charlène Guignard they have learned to separate what happens on the track from what stays at home. A rare balance, perhaps the real secret of their sporting and sentimental longevity. In an interview with Olympics.com, in view of Milan Cortina 2026 GamesFabbri tells it with great clarity: «It would be nice to achieve these results even on our own, but together it’s even betterbecause you share very strong emotions with the person you love, with whom you have chosen to spend your life. It’s something special».
Slow but very solid growth
Today they are firmly among the best couples in the world. But their path was not immediate. It took nine seasons before winning the first really important medals. A long wait, which has given even more value to the successes achieved in recent years. Accompanying them on this journey is Barbara Fusar Poli, Olympic bronze together with Maurizio Margaglio in ice dancing in Salt Lake City 2002. The Milan Cortina Games are a real one challenge for the couple it already has three Olympics behind him without medals. Twice they came very close: quarters in Team Event a Sochi 2014, fifths in ice dancing a Beijing 2022. «We didn’t want to continue just to be there», explained Fabbri a Olympics.com. «Being at the Games in Italy wasn’t enough. We really wanted to fight for a medal».
On the ice of Milan, the journey is not over yet
Their stylistic code is based on technical cleanliness and continuity of movement: nothing is broken, nothing is left to chance. They skate synchronized in harmony, with a constant flow that seems like a silent dialogue rather than a sequence of obligatory elements. The steps are precise, the changes of direction soft, the holds natural, never forced. After the bronze in the Team Event, Italy can legitimately hope for one second medal in figure skating. There free dance on Wednesday 11 February it will be the last act, the decisive one. And for Marco Fabbri and Charlène Guignard it will be yet another opportunity to demonstrate who I really am. In a world that often rewards excess, they win with subtraction: a conscious, mature beauty that doesn’t need frills to get noticed.
Charlene Guignard and partner Marco Fabbri of Team Italy share a kiss after competing in Ice Dance
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