ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2025 Results for Men's Short, Pairs Free Events

The 2025 ISU World Figure Skating Championships continued on Thursday.

In the men's short program, Ilia Malinin jumped out to an early lead heading into Sunday's free skate as he attempts to defend his world championship.

Meanwhile, Japan's Miura Riku and Kihara Ryuichi maintained their lead after Wednesday's short program and excelled in the free skate to become two-time world champions.

Here are the full results from Thursday's action.

Men's Short Program

1. Ilia Malinin (USA) 110.41
2. Kagiyama Yuma (JPN) 107.09
3. Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ) 94.77
4. Kevin Aymoz (FRA) 93.63
5. Sato Shun (JPN) 91.26
6. Nika Egadze (GEO) 90.39
7. Nikolaj Memola (ITA) 87.89
8. Andrew Torgashev (USA) 87.27
9. Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA) 87.22
10. Cha Junhwan (KOR) 86.41

Pairs' Free Skate

1. Miura Riku / Kihara Ryuichi (JPN) 219.79 (143.22 free skate)  
2. Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin (GER) 219.08 (145.49)  
3. Sara Conti / Niccolo Macii (ITA) 210.47 (135.86) 
4. Anastasiia Metelkina / Luka Berulava (GEO) 202.21 (130.53)
5. Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps (CAN) 199.76 (132.44)
6. Alisa Efimova / Misha Mitrofanov (USA) 199.29 (135.59)
7. Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea (USA) 195.38 (126.77)
8. Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko (HUN) 193.29 (125.84)
9. Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore (AUS) 188.24 (122.51)
10. Ekaterina Geynish / Dmitrii Chigirev (UZB) 183.01 (120.68)

Full results can be found here

Malinin's 110.41 score was a new personal-best mark. His stellar routine included a quadruple flip, triple Axel and a quad Lutz–triple toe loop combination.

The 20-year-old revealed that he was initially nervous when stepping onto the ice before calming down once his performance started.

"Actually stepping on the ice, I felt more nervous than usual," Malinin said, via USA Today's Tom Schad. "And I didn't understand why. I was like, 'OK, this is interesting.' But once the music started playing and I got into a starting position, I almost fell into that flow state. And it really just took me from there."

As for Miura Riku and Kihara Ryuichi, they earned gold medals once again after winning silver at the 2024 ISU World Championships. They narrowly won, as their overall score was a mere 0.71 points higher than the German duo of Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin.

The World Championships will continue on Friday with the rhythm dance and women's free skate competitions.