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Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier already were in silver medal position at the World Figure Skating Championships, and they delivered a third-ranked free skate to clinch a third straight worlds silver medal.

Entering the free dance just off the podium, Americans Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik posted a second straight fourth-ranked skate to win their first World Figure Skating Championships medal: a well-earned bronze.

Ilia Malinin won a third consecutive world title with a score that would have won Olympic gold.

In 6th after the short program at the World Figure Skating Championships, Japan’s Yuma Kagiyma skated to a personal best free skate worth 212.87 points, resulting in an overall finish of second place (306.67) for silver.

Ilia Malinin followed up his disappointment at the Olympics with his third straight gold medal at figure skating worlds, concluding the competition with 329.40 points, 22.73 points ahead of runner-up Yuma Kagiyama.

Entering the free skate in 4th after the short, Shun Sato submitted the third-best free skate score (192.70) to finish third overall (288.54) for bronze at the 2026 World Figure Skating Championships in Prague, Czechia.

Following a 12th-place result at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics, Andrew Torgashev improved on his standing with a 10th-place finish at the 2026 World Figure Skating Championships.

Ilia Malinin is the second-youngest American men’s singles skater to win a third world title.

Japan’s Mone Chiba followed up her second-place result in the short with the same outcome in the free, leading to a 2nd-place overall finish at the World Figure Skating Championships, 9.81 points behind Kaori Sakamoto.

Amber Glenn followed up the third-best short program at the 2026 World Figure Skating Championships with the ninth-best free skate in Prague, Czechia to finish 6th overall in women’s singles.

Entering the free skate in 4th, Isabeau Levito registered a score of 134.83 points to finish 4th overall (206.99) at the 2026 World Figure Skating Championships in Prague, Czechia.

Kaori Sakamoto became the first women’s singles skater since Michelle Kwan to win a fourth world title, doing so in the last event of her career.

Kaori Sakamoto became the first women’s singles skater since Michelle Kwan to win four or more world titles.

Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik of the U.S. are within striking distance of a medal at the 2026 World Figure Skating Championships, sitting in 4th after the rhythm dance following a skate that yielded 84.21 points.

France’s Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron finished with 92.74 points following the rhythm dance at the 2026 World Figure Skating Championships, giving them a 6.29-point lead before the free dance.

Mikael Kingsbury put a date on his retirement from freestyle skiing with two Olympic gold medals.

Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron look to follow Olympic gold with a world title in their first season together.

Alysa Liu presented Taylor Swift with her seventh award of the night.

The World Figure Skating Championships air live through Saturday on Peacock.

Japan’s Shun Sato (95.84) found himself in 4th following the men’s short program at the 2026 World Figure Skating Championships, 15.45 points behind leader Ilia Malinin heading into the free skate in Prague, Czechia.