2025 ISU World Figure Skating Championships - Boston, MA, USA - March 25-30

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Jackie Wong's summary of top 10 countries at Worlds, by discipline, as represented by their flags

Men

Women

Pairs

Ice Dance

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The last day - where has the time gone


Ilia Malinin was the final skater to perform at the Gala on Sunday - the program to "To Build a Home" was quite unlike what we are used to seeing from him and when he finished he was visibly in tears.

Some people might wonder at this reaction but it was very meaningful to him, obviously dedicated to the skaters and others he knew who were lost in the airplane collision following his national championships.

This article explains more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/us/m ... ticleShare

An excerpt:

Two months ago, after easily winning his third straight U.S. Figure Skating national title, Ilia Malinin showed up at his rink to train for the world championships, yet could not bring himself to skate for even a second.

Malinin, the overwhelming gold medal favorite for next year’s Olympics in Italy, had laced up his skates, looked around and felt an emptiness that stopped him.

That week, 28 people involved in skating had died when an Army helicopter collided with a passenger jet over the Potomac River, killing all 67 passengers. Among them were young skaters, including three from the Washington Figure Skating Club, Malinin’s club, and others who at times would use the rink in Reston, Va., where he trains.

A coach, a skater and his father, and a whole family — two young sisters and their parents — from that club died, and Malinin, who is 20, was so brokenhearted in the weeks afterward that he could not even bear to say their names, he said.

“Skating usually helps me handle hard things going on in my life, but it was just too emotional to be there,” Malinin said in an interview with The New York Times the first week of March. “I tried to have a productive day of skating. But I just couldn’t take my mind to another place. I just couldn’t.”

When he returned to the rink several days later, he said, he redoubled his efforts to be the best men’s singles skater in the world, one bound for stardom at the Winter Games nearly 10 months from now.

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A reminder of the scheduled Canadian TV broadcast of the Gala:

Sat Apr 05 - 3:00 p.m. - CBC Sports: 2025 ISU World Figure Skating Championships - Gala

More details on the skaters and music from the Gala

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Some Danielle Earl photos from the Gala





The traditional "winners jump" photo at the end of the Gala

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The closing banquet always provides an opportunity for some "dressing up" - this year it took place prior to the ISU Awards show.

The CDN team members posed for a photo


As did the ice dancers

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Blast from the past...

Recognize those two young people with Patrick Chan??? Now they can all call themselves World Champions [I'm not sure where this was taken.]

Seen at Worlds in Boston

Kristi, Nathan, Alysa and Vincent


Gracie Gold, Marin Honda, Shoma Uno & Nam Nguyen

History made

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