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By Kristen Henneman
Team USA will compete on home ice at the most prestigious figure skating event of the season, the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2025, set for March 25-30 in Boston, Massachusetts.
The United States will have the maximum three entries each in the women’s, men’s and ice dance disciplines and two in pairs.
All three of Team USA’s 2024 World Championships medalists return to Boston with Ilia Malinin entering as the favorite to win his second straight World title while two-time and reigning World champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates aim to become the first-ever U.S. ice dance team to win three World championships and the first team worldwide since Russian duo Oksana Grishuk and Evgeni Platov, who won four straight from 1994-97.
In the women’s event, Isabeau Levito enters as the reigning World silver medalist. Looking to continue her standout season, Amber Glenn travels to Boston undefeated in the 2024-25 campaign and a strong contender for the top step of the podium.
A seasoned group overall, 14 of the 16 members of Team USA have previously represented the United States at the World Championships and will look to give the United States the opportunity to qualify the maximum quota of three spots in each discipline for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.
Already the most decorated U.S. ice dance team at the World Championships with five podium finishes, Chock and Bates lead the ice dance field with the top score in the world this season. The 2022 Olympic team event gold medalists clinched gold at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2024 before securing their sixth U.S. championship. Coming off a silver at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2025, Chock and Bates have their sights set on returning to the top of the podium.
Their 12th appearance at the World Championships, Chock and Bates claimed bronze the last time the World Championships was hosted by Boston in 2016, their second World medal.
A team that continues to move up the ranks internationally, Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko medaled at both their Grand Prix events for the first time in their careers this season. They placed right behind Chock and Bates for silver at the U.S. Championships and finished just off the podium in fourth at Four Continents.
Punching their ticket to Boston with bronze at the U.S. Championships, Caroline Green and Michael Parsons have continued their upward momentum, earning silver at the Road to 26 Trophy, the test event for the 2026 Olympic Games, last month.
Malinin, who is going for his third straight World medal and second consecutive gold, has won every event he’s competed at in nearly the last year and a half, starting his streak at the 2023 Grand Prix Final. Often winning by large margins, his top overall score this season is more than 12 points higher than any of his competitors. In his last outing, he won his third straight U.S. title.
Making his seventh appearance at the World Championships, Jason Brown returns to competition after missing the U.S. Championships due to an equipment issue. Brown has finished fifth at Worlds each of the last two seasons.
In the midst of his best season in the senior ranks, Andrew Torgashev secured his first Grand Prix medal in the fall at Grand Prix de France before taking silver at the U.S. Championships, his best-ever result.
In the women’s event, Team USA will have three U.S. champions competing: Glenn, Levito and Alysa Liu.
Glenn, who has been unstoppable this season, is undefeated after winning both her Grand Prix events, the grand Prix Final and her second consecutive U.S. title. With a consistent triple Axel, she hopes to become the first U.S. woman to win a World championship since Kimmie Meissner in 2006.
Although Levito has missed the majority of this season due to injury, the 2023 U.S. champion has stood on the podium at every event she’s competed at since the start of the 2024 calendar year, including 2024 Skate America and the Road to 26 Trophy last month, where she claimed silver.
The last time Liu took the ice at the World Championships in 2022, she brought home the bronze medal and then announced her retirement. In her first season back, the 2022 Olympian will make her second appearance at Worlds after securing silver at the U.S. Championships and fourth at Four Continents.
In the pairs event, Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea and Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov will represent Team USA.
Kam and O’Shea medaled at both their Grand Prix assignments before placing just off the podium in fourth at Four Continents.
In their first Worlds appearance as a team, Efimova and Mitrofanov will compete just minutes from where they train at The Skating Club of Boston. Highlights of their season include claiming bronze at Skate America and winning their first U.S. title in Wichita.
Competition kicks off Wednesday with the women’s and pairs short programs. Following the men’s short program on Thursday, the first medals of the event will be awarded after the pairs free skate. Ice dance begins Friday with the rhythm dance before the women’s free skate and competition concludes Saturday with the free dance and men’s free skate.
All events can be streamed live on Peacock and will be available for 72 hours following their conclusion. In addition, NBC and USA Network will broadcast more than 15 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 ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2025 Competition Central.
U.S. Entries at the ISU World Figure Skating Championship 2025
Name | Hometown | Training Town
Women
Amber Glenn | Plano, Texas | Colorado Springs, Colo.
Isabeau Levito | Mount Holly, N.J. | Mount Laurel, N.J.
Alysa Liu | Richmond, Calif. | Oakland, Calif. and San Francisco, Calif.
Men
Jason Brown | Highland Park, Ill. | Toronto, Ontario
Ilia Malinin | Vienna, Va. | Reston, Va.
Andrew Torgashev | Irvine, Calif. | Irvine, Calif.
Pairs
Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov | Norwood, Mass.; Houston, Texas | Norwood, Mass.
Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea | Colorado Springs, Colo.; Colorado Springs, Colo. | Colorado Springs, Colo.
Ice Dance
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
Caroline Green and Michael Parsons | Rockville, Md.; Derwood, Md. | Canton, Mich.
