By Kristen Henneman
Seventeen U.S. athletes will compete against the world’s best March 18-24 at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2024 in Montreal, Quebec.
Team USA will have three entries each in the men, pairs and ice dance competitions and two competitors in the women’s event. Both U.S. medalists from last season, Ilia Malinin (men) and Madison Chock and Evan Bates (ice dance), return to the world stage with eyes on a second straight podium finish.
The reigning World champions, Chock and Bates have not lost a competition since the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2022. This season, after winning both their Grand Prix events, they clinched their first-ever Grand Prix Final title. To start 2024, they then won their fifth U.S. title.
Competing in the city where they train, the 2022 Olympic team event gold medalists are on the cusp of history as they look to cement themselves as the most decorated U.S. ice dance team in the history of the World Championships. They currently own four World medals, and a fifth would give them the most of any U.S. ice dance team.
With a gold in Montreal, Chock and Bates would become the first U.S. ice dance team to win back-to-back World titles and would tie Meryl Davis and Charlie White for the most World titles by a U.S. ice dance team. They would also continue Team USA’s medal streak, as the United States has stood on the podium every year the World Championships have been held since 2015.
Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko, who also train in Canada, will take the ice at the World Championships for the second time. Although they just missed the podium at their two Grand Prix assignments, Carreira and Ponomarenko secured their best result at a U.S. Championships with silver and earned their second Four Continents medal last month, bringing home bronze.
Making their Worlds debut, Emily Bratti and Ian Somerville claimed bronze at the 2024 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Columbus, Ohio, to punch their ticket to Montreal. They finished sixth at both their Grand Prix competitions.
In the men’s event, Malinin enters the competition as the reigning World bronze medalist and will look to become the first U.S. athlete to win consecutive medals at Worlds since Nathan Chen.
Malinin won gold in four of his five events this season, including at 2023 Humana Skate America and the Grand Prix Final. In January, he won his second straight U.S. Championship.
Making his sixth Worlds appearance, Jason Brown finished fifth at the event last year. Forging his own path, focusing on shows more than competitions, Brown was nevertheless successful in both his competitions this season, taking silver at the U.S. Championships and bronze at Warsaw Cup.
Before standing on the U.S. Championships podium with bronze – his first senior medal at the event – Camden Pulkinen placed in the top five at both his Grand Prix assignments this season. This will mark his second World Championships, the first of which was a breakout performance as he took fifth overall and third in the free skate.
The last two women to win U.S. titles will represent Team USA in Montreal: Amber Glenn and Isabeau Levito. Both are competing at their second World Championships.
Glenn will cap off a historic season at the World Championships. At Skate America, she became the sixth U.S. woman to cleanly land a triple Axel in competition. Then at Grand Prix Espoo, Glenn earned bronze, making the biggest placement jump onto the podium in the history of the Grand Prix Series, jumping from 11th after the short program to third. Heading to Montreal, Glenn will compete for the first time after becoming the 2024 U.S. champion.
Fourth at Worlds last season, Levito medaled at both her Grand Prix events this season, including gold at Grand Prix de France. Her first Grand Prix title, she became the youngest U.S. woman to win a Grand Prix gold since Sarah Hughes in 2001.
In the pairs event, Emily Chan and Spencer Howe, Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea, and Valentina Plazas and Maximiliano Fernandez will skate for Team USA.
Chan and Howe return to the World Championships for the second straight year. Due to Howe’s shoulder injury, they have not competed in a full competition since Worlds last year, when they earned fifth.
Kam and O’Shea will also skate at their second World Championships. They head to Canada with momentum after a strong start to 2024. They won their first U.S. title in January before securing bronze at Four Continents.
The 2024 U.S. bronze medalists – their best result at a U.S. Championships – Plazas and Fernandez will make their Worlds debut. They finished just off the podium at both their Grand Prix assignments.
Competition kicks off Wednesday with the pairs and women’s short programs. After the men’s short program on Thursday, the first medals will be awarded following the pairs free skate. Ice dance begins Friday before the women’s free skate, and the competition concludes Saturday with the free dance and men’s free skate.
All events can be streamed live on Peaco*ck, and will be available for 72 hours following their conclusion. In addition, NBC and USA Network will broadcast more than 10 hours of competition. To view the full TV schedule, visit the U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone.
For bios, results and full event recaps, visit the U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone.
U.S. Entries at the ISU World Figure Skating Championship 2024
Name | Hometown | Training Town
Women
Amber Glenn | Plano, Texas | Colorado Springs, Colo.
Isabeau Levito | Mount Holly, N.J. | Mount Laurel, N.J.
Men
Jason Brown | Highland Park, Ill. | Toronto, Ontario
Ilia Malinin | Vienna, Va. | Reston, Va.
Camden Pulkinen | Scottsdale, Ariz. | Irvine, Calif. and New York City, N.Y.
Pairs
Emily Chan and Spencer Howe | Dallas, Texas; Los Angeles, Calif. | Norwood, Mass.
Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea | Colorado Springs, Colo.; Colorado Springs, Colo. | Colorado Springs, Colo.
Valentina Plazas and Maximiliano Fernandez | Pembroke Pines, Fla.; Miami, Fla. | Canton, Mich.
Ice Dance
Emily Bratti and Ian Somerville | McLean, Va.; Cabin John, Md. | Canton, Mich.
Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko | Saint Clair, Mich.; San Jose, Calif. | London, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec
Madison Chock and Evan Bates | Redondo Beach, Calif.; Ann Arbor, Mich. | Montreal, Quebec
