The world determine skating championships air reside on NBC, USA Network and Peacock beginning Wednesday from Montreal.

The U.S. crew contains reigning world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates in ice dance, plus Ilia Malinin, the world’s top-ranked males’s singles skater.

Malinin, who final season turned the primary skater to land a quadruple Axel in competitors, has already this season received his largest senior worldwide title thus far — December’s Grand Prix Final — and repeated as nationwide champion in January.

Malinin, who earned world bronze final 12 months at age 18, takes on Japan’s Shoma Uno, who goes for a 3rd consecutive world title. Malinin earned his first head-to-head win over Uno on the Grand Prix Final, their most up-to-date assembly.

Another Japanese star, Kaori Sakamoto, eyes a three-peat within the girls’s occasion to cap an undefeated season.

She can grow to be the primary lady to win three world titles in a row since American Peggy Fleming from 1966-68.

Kaori Sakamoto bids for a feat not seen in 56 years on the world determine skating championships.

Amber Glenn and Isabeau Levito, the final two U.S. champions, rank 14th and third within the worlds area by finest complete rating this season, respectively. Last 12 months, Levito positioned fourth and Glenn was twelfth, each of their senior worlds debuts.

In ice dance, Chock, 31, and Bates, 35, received their first world title final 12 months of their twelfth season collectively. They turned the oldest gold medalists within the occasion and the second U.S. couple to win.

This 12 months, they’ll cap their first undefeated season with a world title. It could possibly be their final competitors. Chock and Bates, who plan to get married in June, are taking their skating careers on a season-by-season foundation and haven’t but dedicated to a 2026 Olympic run.

Madison Chock and Evan Bates look to win a second consecutive world title this week in Montreal. They spoke with NBC about their targets, their lengthy and profitable profession, and about being a pair off the ice.

In pairs, the U.S. roster is with out Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier, who received silver and gold on the final two worlds after which stepped away from competitors.

Japan’s Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara are the defending champions.

2024 World Figure Skating Championships Broadcast Schedule