The United States won three medals on the final day of the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2022. Vincent Zhou took the bronze medal in the men’s competition, while ice dancers Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue, and Madison Chock and Evan Bates earned silver and bronze, respectively.
This World Championships marks the first time since 1967 that the United States has won a medal in four disciplines. Additionally, with the results this week in France, the United States will have the maximum number of entries into the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2023.
Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue picked up the silver medal in the team’s final competitive performance. The four-time World medalists earned 132.67 points in their free dance for 222.39 total points, both international bests.
“It’s amazing to be able to finish our career with a personal best and a silver medal,” Donohue said. “We’re honored to have this experience. Not many athletes get to retire the way they want to and we’re getting to leave with a great love for the sport.”
Madison Chock and Evan Bates picked up their third career World medal, earning bronze behind a 129.32-point free dance for 216.83 total points. In doing so, they became the first ice dance team to return to the World podium after a six-year gap.
“That was our best performance of the entire season,” Chock said. “It’s incredible to finish the season with two amazing performance that we’re super proud of. We couldn’t be happier.”
Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker notched an eighth-place finish with 191.61 total points. The finish is the tandem’s fourth top-10 finish and career-best finish at a World Championships.
The French team of Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron took the gold medal.
In the men’s competition, Olympic silver medalist Vincent Zhou earned his second World bronze medal, scoring 181.54 points in the free skate for 277.38 total points.
“There are no words for this,” Zhou said. “This is definitely unexpected and I’m a little bit in disbelief. I think the valuable lessons that I’ve learned are to never give up and try to enjoy every moment that is given to you. I almost pulled out of these Worlds, so I never would have thought that I could medal but here I am. It’s unbelievable.”
Camden Pulkinen, who was making his Worlds debut, tallied 182.19 points in his free skate for 271.69 total points and finished fifth overall. Both scores were personal bests, and he had the third-best free skate score on Saturday.
Ilia Malinin, who was the youngest men’s singles skater to represent the United States at a World Championships since Scott Allen in 1966, finished ninth 263.79 total points.
Japan’s Shoma Uno and Yuma Kagiyama finished first and second, respectively.
NBC will broadcast coverage of the women's free skate at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday, March 26, followed by a recap show at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday, April 17. Additionally, the full competition can be streamed on Peacock Premium.
