Overview

• Ilia Malinin defended his world title with six quadruple jumps, solidifying his status as the only skater to land a quadruple Axel in competition.
• Alysa Liu made a triumphant return to competitive skating, winning the women's world title at age 19 after a three-year hiatus.
• Germany's Minerva Hase and Nikita Volodin won silver in pairs, securing two Olympic quota spots, providing a rare success for the German team.
• Germany failed to qualify athletes in men's and women's singles, with Nikita Starostin finishing 28th and no female skaters participating for the first time since 2003.
• The ISU's decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under a neutral flag adds pressure to Germany's final Olympic qualification opportunity in Beijing this September.