The World Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. The World Championships are considered the most prestigious event in figu
The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the men's event at the 2013 World Championships: Patrick Chan of Canada (center), Denis Ten of Kazakhstan (left), and Javier Fernández of Spain (right)
The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the women's event at the 2014 World Championships: Mao Asada of Japan (center), Yulia Lipnitskaya of Russia (left), and Carolina Kostner of Italy (right)
The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the pairs event at the 2015 World Championships: Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Canada (center), Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of China (left), and Pang Qing and Tong Jian of China (right)
The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the ice dance event at the 2017 World Championships: Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada (center), Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France (left), and Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani of the United States (right)
Kaori Sakamoto
Videos
Kaori Sakamoto is a Japanese retired figure skater. She is the 2026 Olympic silver medalist, 2022 Olympic bronze medalist, a two-time Olympic team event silver medalist, a four-time World champion, th
World Figure Skating Championships
…then to 17 during the 2024–25 season. Medalists The reigning world champions (from left to right): Ilia Malinin of the United States (men's singles); Kaori Sakamoto of Japan (women's singles); Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin of Germany (pair skating); and Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron of…
Sakamoto following her short program at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Sakamoto at the 2015 World Junior Championships
Sakamoto at the 2017 World Junior Championships
Sakamoto at the 2018 Four Continents Championships