Alex and Maia Shibutani of the United States, who are brother and sister, gave a stirring performance to the Coldplay song “Paradise,” and took the bronze medal with 192.59 points. They finished just ahead of teammates Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue, who took third in the short program but slipped to fourth over all after the free dance as the Shibutanis rose to the medal podium.

“It feels like gold,” Alex Shibutani said.

The gold and silver medal performances were “two of the best free dances I’ve ever seen,” said Jackie Wong, a skating analyst from New York. “The energy in the crowd was so different simply because of the types of programs they were skating. Tessa and Scott were much more projecting out to the crowd, whereas Gabby and Guillaume were more insular, inward programs.”

The reaction of the spectators most likely made little difference in the judges’ scores, Wong said, “but I’m sure Tessa and Scott fed off the energy of the crowd. When they do that, that’s when they bring out that great performance.”