Boston, USA (March 28, 2025) – In front of a sold out crowd at TD Garden on Friday, Madeline Schizas finished 11th in the women’s competition at the 2025 ISU World Figure Skating Championships.

In 6th place after the short program, the Oakville (Ontario) skater gave it her all in the free program, but small errors compromised her chances of finishing in the top ten. She earned a score of 121.61 for her free skate, bringing her total score to 190.79 – a new season’s best.

“I’m a little disappointed, but these things happen,” said the Canadian champion, who nevertheless achieved the best result of her career at the World Championships. “There was a lot of pressure today and I’m still satisfied with the way I skated. It wasn’t perfect, but I feel like I was well prepared. I perhaps had a little less speed and that got reflected in my program.”

“I am generally happy with what I have shown and I am proud to have been able to skate in the last group today,” she added.

American Alysa Liu was crowned world champion in front of her home crowd with a total score of 222.97 points. Japanese skaters Kaori Sakamoto (217.98) and Mone Chiba (215.24) rounded out the women’s podium.

After Schizas’ performance at these World Championships, Canada is guaranteed one spot in the women’s competition at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympic Winter Games.

Earlier on Friday, three Canadian dance duos took the ice at TD Garden to compete in the rhythm dance.

Piper Gilles (Toronto, Ontario) and Paul Poirier (Unionville, Ontario), silver medallists at the last world championships and 2025 Four Continents Champions, showed that they intend to get back on the podium in Boston. The veteran ice dance team earned 86.44 points for their performance, securing their spot in second place.

“There was a lot of energy!” commented Poirier as he left the ice. “We enjoyed our program, we had refined it a lot in training and we knew exactly what to do on the ice. […] Last year, we took a big step forward and it was a nice surprise for us. This year our expectations are very high and it’s very exciting!”

For their part, Marjorie Lajoie (Boucherville, Quebec) and Zachary Lagha (Saint-Hubert, Quebec) achieved the 5th best performance of the day with a score of 81.77.

The third Canadian team in action, Alicia Fabbri (Terrebonne, Quebec) and Paul Ayer (Brossard, Quebec), made a successful debut at the World Championships. Their score of 68.95 placed them in 19th with a ticket to the free dance, where the top 20 teams will skate on Saturday afternoon.

Roman Sadovsky will be the last Canadian in action at these 2025 World Championships. Currently in 15th place, the athlete from Vaughan, Ontario, will take part in the men’s free program scheduled for Saturday evening.

Full competition results are available here.