French figure skater Gabriella Papadakis has spoken about suffering a wardrobe malfunction during her performance with partner Guillaume Cizeron during the 2018 Winter Olympics, describing the incident as her “worst nightmare” coming true after.
The 22-year-old had just started her routine with Cizeron when a lift by the Frenchman resulted in Papadakis’ dress becoming undone and exposing her breast, something that she admitted after that she “felt right away and prayed” hadn’t happened.
“It was pretty distracting,” Papadakis said. “My worst nightmare at the Olympics. I told myself ‘you have to keep going’.
“That’s what we did, and we have to be proud of ourselves, delivering a great performance with that happening.”
Once the pair had finished the routine and Papadakis had covered herself back up, she waved to both the crowd and judges before leaving the ice, and she said afterwards that it was one of the worst outcomes possible while competing at the Winter Olympics.