What to watch on the last big weekend for winter Olympic sports

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Goodbye, winter! With spring arriving this week, many winter Olympic sports seasons are reaching their end.

Alpine skiing, moguls skiing and ski cross wrapped up last weekend with a memorable flurry of events. Mikaela Shiffrin put the finishing touches on her record-breaking alpine campaign, moguls GOAT Mikael Kingsbury skied away with three more trophies, Canadian Reece Howden captured his second ski cross World Cup title and teammate Brady Leman won the final race of his career.

This weekend, the figure skating season comes to a dramatic conclusion at the world championships in Japan, where the host country is dominating that event so far. On Thursday, Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara became the first Japanese duo to win the pairs world title. Today, Kaori Sakamoto repeated as the women's world champion — another first for a Japanese skater. Japan could add another men's title tomorrow as defending champ Shoma Uno takes a healthy lead into the free skate. A gold-medal sweep is not in the cards for the hosts, though, as no Japanese teams rank in the top 10 of the ice dance competition heading into tonight's free program.

WATCH | Japanese duo of Miura, Kihara win pairs world title:

Canada is still looking for its first medal, but it has a shot in both remaining events. Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier sit third in the dance after a so-so short program, but the Grand Prix Final winners have the upside to overtake American leaders Madison Chock and Evan Bates for the gold. Canada's Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen are also in podium contention after placing