ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2025 Results for Women's, Pairs Short Programs

The first day of the ISU World Figure Skating Championships are in the books.

The top figure skaters from around the world gather in Boston this week for one of the biggest events in the sport. Action began Wednesday with the women's short program and pairs' short program.

With Day 1 complete, here's a look at the results for the women's short program and pairs' short program.

Women's Short Program

1. Alysa Liu (USA) - 74.58
2. Mone Chiba (Japan) - 73.44
3. Isabeau Levito (USA) - 73.33
4. Wakaba Higuchi (JPN) - 72.10
5. Kaori Sakamoto (JPN) - 71.03
6. Madeline Schizas (CAN) - 69.18
7. Lee Hae-In (KOR) - 67.79
8. Nina Pinzarrone (BEL) - 67.74
9. Amber Glenn (USA) - 67.65
10. Kimmy Repond (SUI) - 67.42

Pairs' Short Program

1. Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara (JPN) - 76.57
2. Sara Conti/Niccolo Macii (ITA) - 74.61
3. Minerva Hase/Nikita Volodin (GER) - 73.59
4. Anastasiia Metelkina/Luka Berulava (GEO) - 71.68
5. Ellie Kam/Danny O’Shea (USA) - 68.61
6. Maria Pavlova/Alexei Sviatchenko (HUN) - 67.45
7. Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps (CAN) - 67.32
8. Anastasia Golubeva/Hektor Giotopoulos Moore (AUS) - 65.73
9. Alisa Efimova/Misha Mitrofanov (USA) - 63.70
10. Lia Pereira/Trennt Michaud (CAN) - 63.28

Full results can be found here

The story of the day was Alysa Liu, who came out of retirement this year after two years away from the sport. Liu recorded a personal-best score of 74.58 to top Japan's Mone Chiba in the women's short program.

Liu, 19, became the first American women's singles skater to claim a world title in 19 years.

"This program is so emotional, but it made it so much more meaningful for it to be Worlds again, because this was my last competition before I left," Liu said. "So it's really surreal being back here at Worlds."

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara won silver at the ISU World Championships a year ago and came back strong this year to win the event. The win for Miura and Kihara is their second in the pairs' short program at the World Championships, the other coming in 2023.

After an exciting first day of the event, action will continue on Thursday with the men's short program and pairs' free skate.