12th place finisher Daniel Grassl<\/strong> (Italy) on free skate: “It was very difficult today. I was nervous seeing so many people. But it was so nice. I did not let go all my jumps, but I secured them. I\u2019m happy how it went today and I\u2019ll fight for the next competition in 2 weeks – World Team Trophy.”<\/p>\n 19th place finisher Nikita Starostin<\/strong> (Germany) on free skate: “(I’m) 85 % happy 15% disappointed because I didn’t show what I\u2019m able to do. A bit slow. Maybe I did not push myself enough. I hold a bit for the energy. Happy that after my second Axel I did put myself together & was able to deliver clean jumps.”<\/p>\n Short Program<\/strong><\/p>\n Ilia Malinin<\/strong> (United States) on his short program: \u201cI\u2019m very happy with my program today. I think I was able to connect with the audience showing my artistic side. Certainly it\u2019s something that I want to keep improving for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n Jason Brown<\/strong> (United States) on continuing skating: \u201cI realized I was not ready to hang up my skates. I wanted to continue and today I\u2019m here, enjoying another performance in Japan, and really happy with my short program.\u201d<\/p>\n Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate<\/strong> (Spain) on short program: \u201cIt was not my best performance, but I\u2019m really happy to be here in Saitama skating in front of the Japanese crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n Nikita Starostin<\/strong> (Germany) on short program: \u201cI\u2019m really happy with my program today. I was in the moment and able to overcome stress. I really got to enjoy and engage with the public.\u201d<\/p>\n Free Dance 2023 World Champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates<\/strong> (United States) on winning world title: <\/span>\u201cIt feels amazing. It was a wonderful week with an incredible crowd, and today specially the arena was literally to the roof with everyone supporting us. It was extra special.”<\/span><\/p>\n 2023 World silver medalists Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri<\/strong> (Italy) on winning silver: \u201cWe came here with no higher expectations than being in the top 3, and we made it. Becoming world silver medalists, it\u2019s something we can\u2019t even realize right now, but it feels amazing.”<\/p>\n 2023 World bronze medalists Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier<\/strong> (Canada) on their free dance: \u201cWe are really proud of ourselves after our performance today. We did not know what to expect after the last couple of months off from competitions. Feeling the energy and the Japanese crowd again was amazing. It really helped us.\u201d<\/p>\n 9th place finishers Juulia Turkkila and Matthias Versluis<\/strong> (Finland) on their free dance:<\/span> \u201cWe could not show our best today, although this season we had many good moments with the Grand Prix Final and Europeans. The crowd was really respectful and appreciative of our program and music. It was something special.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n 11th place finishers Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi<\/strong> (Japan) on their free dance: \u201cI\u2019m really happy. Despite the pressure, we were able to do a good performance\u201d (Takahashi).<\/p>\n \u201cI think we were very nervous, but once the music started we were able to get into our program and the story.\u201d (Muramoto).<\/p>\n 12th place finishers Evgeniia Lopareva and Geoffrey Brissaud<\/strong> (France) on their free dance: \u201cToday it was not our best performance. We loved skating here in Japan. Our main take away is that we\u2019ve learned how to work together throughout this season.”<\/p>\n Rhythm Dance<\/strong><\/p>\n Madison Chock and Evan Bates<\/strong> (United States) on rhythm dance: \u201cThe choreo steps sequence was very special, as we turned from the crowd to the judges and in that moment we connected with both. We could feel the energy in the arena.”<\/p>\n Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri<\/strong> (Italy) on their rhythm dance: \u201cThe energy was great today. We worked a lot before coming here and we are really happy with the way we skated.”<\/p>\n Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier<\/strong> (Canada) on rhythm dance; \u201cWe felt really good and present today. It\u2019s always a joy to perform in Japan and specially after the last three months that we have not competed.” – (Poirier)<\/p>\n Christina Carriera and Anthony Ponomarenko<\/strong> (United States) on rhythm dance: <\/span>\u201cWe are really happy with how we skated today. It was probably our best performance this season, so we are really happy to have delivered on such a big stage in our first World Championships.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Juulia Turkkila and Matthias Versluis<\/strong> (Finland) on the rhythm dance:<\/span> \u201cWe were a bit careful at the beginning, more sharp, but then we got to enjoy our program in front of the audience in this massive arena.\u201d Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi<\/strong> (Japan) on their rhythm dance: \u201cI think for the first half we were really focused, but then we engaged a lot with the audience that was cheering, specially in the second half. It gave us a lot of energy during the steps sequence.\u201d (Muramoto)<\/p>\n Loicia DeMougeot and Theo Le Mercier<\/strong> (France):<\/span> \u201cWe are really happy with our performance today. This is our first World Championships and we are aiming to make the best out of this experience.”<\/span><\/p>\n Sofia Val & Asaf Kazimov<\/strong> (Spain): <\/span>\u00a0\u201cIt was not our best performance, but we are happy over all being our second international together and specially skating here in Japan.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 15th place finisher Bradie Tennell<\/strong> (United States<\/span>) on her free skate: “Not my best skate. I’m kind of disappointed with that. I’ve been training a lot better than that. So it’s kind of unfortunate that it happened here of all places. I’m really proud of the fight that I had.”<\/span><\/p>\n 17th place finisher Lara Naki Gutman<\/strong> (Italy) on her free skate: \u201cI\u2019m really happy with my program today. I was able to fix some little mistakes from the short and the jumps and levels were pretty good. My goal was to skate clean being confident.\u201d<\/p>\n Free Skate<\/strong><\/p>\n 4th place finishers Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps<\/strong> (Canada) on free skate: \u201cI\u2019m obviously disappointed with my performance here at Worlds, not what I was looking for.\u201d (Stellato-Dudek)<\/p>\n \u201cOverall, I\u2019m happy with our season,\u201d (Deschamps)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lukas.jpg\")
<\/a>8th place finisher Lukas Britschgi<\/strong> (Switzerland) on free skate: “I feel great. My program was amazing. An amazing moment here in Japan. To skate in front of a full arena w\/a Japanese program I find that is the highlight of the season. I had already won (bronze) at Europeans, but just getting top 10, it’s incredible.”<\/p>\n<\/a>15th place finisher Sota Yamamoto<\/strong> (Japan) on free skate: “This competition was very difficult for me. There were some mistakes ,but in the second half I felt really good, so I was able to finish with a smile. There were some mistakes, but for next season I will improve. ”<\/p>\n<\/a>Lukas Britschgi<\/strong> (Switzerland) on being at Worlds: \u201cIt\u2019s my second World Championships here in Saitama, and for that I\u2019m really grateful. I think this season I\u2019ve accomplished more than I thought I could, so I\u2019m just going to keep enjoying the road, building up season by season.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a>Kevin Aymoz<\/strong> (France) on short program: \u201cThe moment I stepped on the ice I said to myself, I\u2019m here. I\u2019m present. Then I seized the moment enjoying a come back performance after two up and down seasons.\u201d<\/p>\nDance<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>7th place finishers Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevicius<\/strong> (Lithuania):”It was as amazing time. The crowd was really in it from the first second. Big crowd, isn’t it from the star and to have that, that energy kind of radiating in the arena really boosts our performance and really gives us that extra energy to get through.”<\/p>\n<\/a>Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson<\/strong> (Great Britain): \u201cWe\u2019ve gained momentum and motivation throughout the season, and we\u2019ve worked very hard coming here to improve our consistency and the quality of our programs to put out there two good performances.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\nWomen<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Women’s Free Skate <\/strong>(Note: Javi was not at the women’s short program as he was traveling to Saitama. He also wasn’t feeling well during the women’s free skate)\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n
Pairs<\/h2>\n