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Canada's Stephen Gogolev Finishes Fourth at World Figure Skating Championships
Stephen Gogolev achieved a personal best total score of 281.04, moving up to fourth place in his first World Championships after a season marked by a national title and Olympic top-five finish.
- On Saturday, 21-year-old Stephen Gogolev finished fourth at the Figure Skating World Championships in Prague, delivering a clean program at the O2 Arena in his first world championships.
- Fifth after Thursday's short program, Gogolev scored a personal-best 186.66 in his free skate to "Piano Concerto No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninov, moving up one spot overall.
- Self-Proclaimed "Quad God" Ilia Malinin captured his third consecutive world title with 329.40 points, while Japanese skaters Yuma Kagiyama and Shun Sato took silver and bronze with 306.67 and 288.54 respectively.
- Gogolev's total of 281.04 would have reached the podium last year, capping a breakout season that included a fifth-place Olympic debut, a national title, and a Grand Prix medal.
- Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier sit second after Friday's rhythm dance, keeping Canada in medal contention as the championships conclude later Saturday with the free dance.
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Canada’s Stephen Gogolev finishes fourth at world figure skating championships
PRAGUE - Canada's Stephen Gogolev finished fourth in men's singles with another impressive performance Saturday at the world figure skating championships.
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Canada's Stephen Gogolev finishes fourth at world figure skating championships
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
The World Figure Skating Championships in Prague, Czech Republic, continue on Saturday afternoon, with the men performing in the free skate.
[Prague, Kyodo] The final day of the World Figure Skating Championships was held in Prague on the 28th. In the men's competition, Yuma Kagiyama (Oriental Bio, Chukyo University), who was in 6th place after the short program (SP), made a comeback with a personal best free skate to finish 2nd, for a total score of 306.67 points, which will qualify him for the Milan-Cortina Winter Championships in February.
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