PRAGUE, March 26 (Reuters) - American Ilia Malinin banished the ghosts of his Olympics nightmare on Thursday, skating into the lead after the men's short programme at the World Championships, while Germany's Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin captured pairs gold.

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

Sakamoto’s program set to “Time to Say Goodbye” was charged with emotion as she seeks a final world title before retirement. Levito's fellow American, Amber Glenn, was in third.

CBC Sports' daily newsletter covers the key storylines to follow at the figure skating worlds in Prague, where Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier are looking to go out (we think) on top while American star Ilia Malinin seeks redemption for his disastrous Olympics.

Ilia Malinin missed out on a medal in a stunning and dramatic men's figure skating final at the Winter Olympics today. The 21-year-old American fell twice in his final free skate to score 156.33 and finish eighth as Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan won gold.

Have you seen a panda ice skate? If not, the Olympics provided the viral moment of the event that somehow involved Jackie Chan.

Alysa Liu's performance at the 2026 Winter Olympics was historic. The 20-year-old, who came into Milan as the reigning 2025 world champion, didn't just help secure a gold medal for the United States in the team figure skating event.

Alysa Liu probably cared the least of all the women in figure skating at the Milan Cortina Olympics about winning the gold medal. Maybe that is why she won it. The 20-year-old with the striped hair, prominent frenulum piercing and carefree attitude never showed any worry or strain when she took the ice for her free skate on Thursday night.

While staying indoors often seems better than facing the cold, the region has lots of outdoor activities that brighten the winter season, including skiing, snow tubing and, of course, ice skating. From the Seacoast to the mountains,

Three-time world champion Kaori Sakamoto scored a season's best 79.31 points to lead after the women's short program, at the ISU figure skating world championships in Prague.