The United States qualified for two pairs spots in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games and has an opportunity to go to Beijing in September to qualify a third spot.

Prior to Russia's ban from international figure skating, the Russians had won more medals at the world championships than any other country.

The stakes are high in Boston this week for figure skaters hoping to earn a ticket to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, Italy. The World’s Bianca Hillier is backstage speaking with the athletes moments after they step off the ice.

Figure skaters Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson have won Great Britain’s first World Championship medal in the sport since the great era of Torvill and Dean.

It's hard to imagine a better world championships for the American figure skating team, which captured gold in three of the four disciplines over the weekend for the first time in its history, and will take all of that momentum into an Olympic year.

Fear and Gibson follow in the footsteps of legendary figure skating duo Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean who won Great Britain's last medal in 1984. A points total of 207.11 points proved enough for Fear and Gibson to take bronze behind the United States' Madison Chock and Evan Bates who defended their title and Canada's Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier who were were awarded silver.