On the evening of March 2, Beijing time, the list of participants in the four events of the Figure Skating World Championships was announced. After the Russian figure skaters were completely banned, the Chinese skaters also collectively missed the World Championships. In addition, Japanese figure skater Yusuke Habu withdrew from the World Championships due to injury.
Because of the "Russia-Ukraine" conflict, the International Skating Federation has previously banned figure skaters from Russia from participating in the World Championships. As a result, Russia will lose the opportunity to impact the gold medal in the three events of women's singles, pair skating and ice dance.
Not long ago, at the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Russian Olympic team won the gold and silver medals in the women's singles, the pair skating won the second and third places, and the ice dance event won the silver medal. However, because of the ban, Russian celebrities, including "Qianjin" Serbakova, "Sasha" Trusova, and "K Bao" Vallieva, the "three sets of dolls", have lost the opportunity to impact the championship.
Chinese figure skaters also collectively missed the World Championships, including Beijing Winter Olympics figure skating pair skating gold medalists Sui Wenjing/Han Cong and fifth place Peng Cheng/Jin Yang. The "Onion Barrel Combination" originally had no plans to participate, and in the absence of the Russian three-team pair skating, Peng Cheng/Jin Yangben was the biggest favorite for the world championships pair skating champion, and now their absence has also missed the best chance to win the gold medal at the World Championships. The gold medal in pair skating at this World Championships is likely to be produced between the United States and Japan.
In addition to Chinese and Russian athletes, American figure skater Chen Wei, Zhou Zhifang Japanese figure skater Yujin Keyyama, Hanori Sakamoto, Ice Dance Winter Olympic gold medalist, French combination Papadages / Nishizawa Ryu, etc. will play, they are also the biggest gold medal hits in their respective events.