2023 World Figure Skating Championships results

2023 World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama, Japan, top 10 and notable results …

Pairs (Short Program)1. Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara (JPN) — 80.72 2. Alexa Knierim/Brandon Frazier (USA) — 74.64 3. Sara Conti/Niccolo Macii (ITA) — 73.24 4. Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps (CAN) — 72.81 5. Emily Chan/Spencer Howe (USA) — 70.23 6. Lia Pereira/Trennt Michaud (CAN) — 65.31 7. Alisa Efimova/Ruben Blommaert (GER) — 65.23 8. Maria Pavlova/Alexei Sviatchenko (HUN) — 64.43 9. Ellie Kam/Danny O’Shea (USA) — 63.40 10. Brooke McIntosh/Benjamin Mimar (CAN) — 63.33

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Broadcast Schedule

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The world figure skating championships from Saitama, Japan, air live on USA Network and Peacock this week.

The U.S. has medal contenders in all four disciplines, one year after winning a medal in all four events for the first time since 1967 (note Russia’s ban, and China sent no skaters).

In the pairs’ event that starts Tuesday night (U.S. time), Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier can become the first U.S. duo to win multiple world titles, one year after becoming the first American pair to take gold since 1979.

They rank second in the world this season behind Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, last year’s silver medalists who look to earn Japan’s first pairs’ world title.

Japan has the world’s top two women’s singles skaters in reigning world champion Kaori Sakamoto and Grand Prix Final winner Mai Mihara.

Isabeau Levito, a 16-year-old American who won last year’s world junior title, ranks fourth in the field by best score this season. She can become the youngest world medalist since 2014.

Ilia Malinin, an 18-year-old American who this season became the first skater to land a