Overview
- Kaori Sakamoto scored 79.31 in Wednesday's women's short program to lead in what she says is her final competitive event.
- Amber Glenn sits third with 72.65 after landing a triple axel, with Isabeau Levito close behind in fourth at 72.16.
- Germany’s Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin lead the pairs short at 79.78, narrowly ahead of Georgia’s Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava.
- Ilia Malinin is set for Thursday’s men’s short program at about 10:08 a.m. ET as he chases a third straight world title following his Olympic disappointment.
- Alysa Liu withdrew earlier this month and was replaced by U.S. rookie Sarah Everhardt, and other Olympic medalists also skipped Prague, creating a thinner field.