Boston hosted the International Skating Union’s (ISU) World Championships from March 25 to 30. 190 skaters from 42 countries descended on TD Garden to compete in four categories (men’s, women’s, pairs, and ice dance).
Americans won big at home with Ilia Manalin securing back-to-back world championships, Alysa Liu breaking the two decades of women’s championship drought, and Madison Chock and Evan Bates becoming the first American Ice Dance team to win gold at home. The only category not won by an American was pairs, where Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan took first place.
Pairs Couple Alisa Efimova and Mish Mitrofanov earn a season-best in the pairs free skate on Thursday, March 27, 2025. The pair dedicated the performance to their fellow Boston Skating club members who died in the January American Airlines plane crash. (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff)Minerva Fabienne is thrown into the air by partner Nikita Volodin. The pair won silver in the Pairs category, Thursday, March 27, 2025.(Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff)A skater violently leaps into the air leaving little shatters of ice, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff)Deanna Stellato-Dudek of Canada is lifted into the air by her partner Maxime Deschamps, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff)American Alysa Liu broke an almost twenty year long drought, securing the world championship for the first time since Kimmy Mesinner in 2006. (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff)American Jason Brown leaps in his free skate, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff)Ilia Manalin of the U.S. wins Gold at the ISU world championships on Saturday, April 29, 2025. Manalin had a combined score of 318.56, more than 40 points above second place. The gap between second and third place was a mere .28th point. (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff)Canadian Ice Dancers Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud performed a death spiral on Saturday, March 29, 2025. (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff)Junhwan Cha of Korea performs to “Balada Para Un Loco” on Saturday, March 29, 2025. (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff)Sweepers gather stuffed animals and other gifts thrown onto the ice after a skater finishes their performance on Saturday, March 29, 2025. (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff)
Rian Nelson (she/her) is a senior journalism major from Aurora, Colorado. She currently serves as deputy photo editor. She is a registered student member of both the Boston Press Photographers Association and the National Association of Press Photographers.
