GALLERY: Team USA dominates 2025 ISU World Figure Skating Championships

by Chloe Cramutola, Sarah Cruz and Holly Gustavsen 

The 2025 ISU World Figure Skating Championships took place at TD Garden March 25-30. The United States won three of four categories. Americans Alysa Liu and Ilia Malinin took home gold in the women’s and men’s categories respectively. Madison Chock and Evan Bates won ice dance for the USA, and Miura Riku and Kihara Ryuichi won pairs for Japan.

Ice dance winners Madison Chock (left) and Evan Bates (right) during their rhythm dance performance Friday. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Lithuanian figure skater Meda Variakojyte bends backward during her short program Wednesday. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Yuma Kagiyama of Japan skates in the men’s free skating program Saturday at TD Garden. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Ahsun Yun of South Korea lifts her leg above her head in a spin Wednesday. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
USA’s Misha Mitrofanov (left) and Alisa Efimova (right) compete in the pairs short program Wednesday. CHLOE CRAMUTOLA/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Fans hold signs for Ilia Malinin after his performance Saturday. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

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Mone Chiba of Japan competes in the women’s free skating program March 28. CHLOE CRAMUTOLA/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Canada’s Paul Poirier (left) and Piper Gillies (right) skate in the rhythm dance category Friday. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Andrew Torgashev of USA competes in the men’s free skate March 29. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Ukraine’s Artem Darenskyi lifts his partner Sofia Holichenko above him during the pairs short program. CHLOE CRAMUTOLA/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Finland’s Linnea Cedar competes in the women’s short program at TD Garden. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
A fan throws a stuffed animal on the ice after Finland’s Yuka Orihara and Juho Piren’s rhythm dance program. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

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Kazakhstan’s Sofia Samodelkina competes in the women’s short program March 26. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Olivia Smart (left) and Tim Dieck (right) of Spain skate in the rhythm dance category on Friday. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Alisa Efimova of Team USA signs a notebook for a fan. CHLOE CRAMUTOLA/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Gold medal winner Alysa Liu accepts a friendship bracelet from a fan. CHLOE CRAMUTOLA/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Alysa Liu hugs her family after the competition. CHLOE CRAMUTOLA/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Fans wave American flags after Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov’s performance March 29. CHLOE CRAMUTOLA/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Medal winners Isabeau Levito (left), Alysa Liu (middle) and Mone Chiba (right) pose on the podium at the World Figure Skating Championships. CHLOE CRAMUTOLA/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
Men’s gold medal winner Ilia Malinin of the USA poses with an American flag after the competition. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

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