ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2024: Men's Short, Pairs Free Skate Results

The 2024 ISU World Figure Skating Championships continued Thursday in Montreal with the Men's Short Program and Pairs Free Skate.

Japan's Shoma Uno came one step closer to a third consecutive world title during the Men's Short Program, while Canada's Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps made history in the Pairs Free Skate.

Find a breakdown of Thursday's results below.

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Men's Short Program Leaderboard (Ahead of Sunday's Free Skate)

1. Shoma Uno, Japan: 107.72
2. Yuma Kagiyama, Japan: 106.35
3. Ilia Malinin, USA: 105.97
4. Jason Brown, USA: 93.87
5. Lukas Britschgi, Switzerland: 93.41

Full leaderboard available at isuresults.com.

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Pairs Final Leaderboard (After Thursday's Free Skate)

1. Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps, Canada: 221.56
   
2. Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, Japan: 217.88
3. Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin, Germany: 210.40
4. Mario Pavlova and Alexei Sviatchenko, Hungary: 204.60
   
5. Annika Hocke and Robert Kunkel, Germany: 198.23

Full leaderboard available at isuresults.com.

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Men's Short Program Analysis

Reigning world champion Shoma Uno, who took home first place in 2022 and 2023, could be on track for a third consecutive title after finishing the men's short program with the lead.

Uno skated to a medley from the movie Everything Everywhere All at Once choreographed by 2006 Olympic silver medalist Stephane Lambiel, Nick McCarvel of Olympics.com reported.

It's already been a historic season for Uno, who in December won his sixth career national title in Japan.

Now he could become the first man to win three consecutive world titles since Patrick Chan in 2013.

Short program runners-up Japan's Yuma Kagiyama and American Ilia Malinin, like Uno, performed clean skates with two quadruple jumps apiece, per NBC Sports.

With a spread of less than two points between the three leaders, the men's championship will come down to the free skate Sunday.

Kagiyama, a silver medalist at the 2022 Olympics, is looking to complete his comeback from the left leg and ankle injuries that cut short his 2022-23 season.

Meanwhile Malinin, the only skater to ever land a quad Axel in competition, could attempt his signature jump during the competition's finale.

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Pairs Free Skate Analysis

Canada's Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps came narrowly in second place Thursday with a 144.08 score in the free skate.

Luckily, they had a 3.95-point cushion over the defending champions, Japan's Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, after Wednesday's short program.

That made Thursday's free skate enough to earn the Canadian duo the world pairs title in front of the home crowd in Montreal.

Stellato-Dudek, 40, is now the oldest woman to win gold in any figure skating competition, according to NBC Sports.

Miura and Kihara meanwhile followed up their 2023 title with a silver medal. They earned a standing ovation Wednesday after performing to Cirque du Soleil's "Oxygène" in a short program dedicated to Montreal, according to the Associated Press.

The World Figure Skating Championships continue Friday with the Ice Dance Rhythm Dance competition at 11:20 a.m. ET, followed by the Women's Free Skate at 6:00 p.m. ET. Find the full live stream schedule here.