Milano‑Cortina Olympians Holly Harris and Jason Chan have capped off their best ever season as an ice dance couple with a 14th‑place finish at the World Championships in Prague, Czech Republic.
 
The result marked an improvement on their previous best World Championships finish of 16th, achieved at the 2023 event in Japan.
 
Harris and Chan opened their campaign with a score of 71.12 points in the Rhythm Dance, placing them 16th heading into the Free Dance.
 
They then produced a strong performance in the Free Dance, recording the 15th‑highest score of the round with 108.49 points to finish with a total score of 179.61 and an overall ranking of 14th.
 
Olympic champions Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron of France claimed the world title with a commanding score of 230.81 points. Canada’s Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier finished second on 211.52, while Americans Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik completed the podium in third with 209.20.
 
The season for Harris and Chan also included a silver medal at the final Olympic qualifying event, the ISU Skate to Milano, which secured their place at the Olympic Winter Games, where they finished 18th preceded by their best ever Four Continents Championships result fifth‑place in Beijing.

​Two-time Olympian Rosie Fordham now has the two highest individual World Cup finishes ever by an Australian cross‑country skier, following a 16th‑place result in the 20km mass start free event at the World Cup Final in Lake Placid, USA.
 
Fordham had already set the record for the best ever individual result by an Australian in December, when she finished 13th in the 10km free World Cup in Davos, Switzerland.
 
In Lake Placid, Fordham crossed the line 25.2 seconds behind event winner Jonna Sundling of Sweden to secure 16th place. She was also the leading Australian in the 10km interval start classic, finishing 44th and was 57th in the women’s sprint.
 
In the men’s sprint event, Lars Young Vik finished in 44th, with Olympic teammate Hugo Hinckfuss 52nd.
 
Result summary from Lake Placid
           
Women's 10km Interval Start Classic           
Rosie Fordham – 44th
Phoebe Cridland – 52nd
Maddie Hooker – DNF
           
Men's 10km Interval Start Classic    
Seve De Campo – 57th
Hugo Hinckfuss – 74th
 
Women's Sprint Qualification                      
Rosie Fordham – 57th
Phebe Cridland – 59th
           
Men's Sprint Qualification    
Lars Young Vik – 44th
Hugo Hinckfuss – 52nd
Seve De Campo 74th
 
Women's 20km Mass Start Free      
Rodie Fordham – 16th
Phoebe Cridland – 55th
 
Men's 20km Mass Start Free
Lars Young Vik – 74th
Hugo Hinckfuss – 75th
Seve De Campo – 77th

Hana Bath has delivered an historic result for Australian figure skating, with the 16‑year‑old winning the country’s first‑ever individual ISU Junior World Championships medal in silver. 
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Article courtesy Ice Skating Australia 
 
Australia has celebrated a landmark moment in its figure skating history, with Hana Bath claiming the silver medal at the ISU Figure Skating Junior World Championships 2026 in Tallinn, Estonia. Her achievement marks Australia’s first-ever individual medal at a Junior World Championship and has been met with widespread acclaim both at home and abroad.
 
Bath delivered a commanding performance across the event, highlighted by a breathtaking free skate that earned the highest segment score of the day. Her program featured a clean triple Axel triple Toe Loop combination, a technically demanding element attempted by only a handful of junior women worldwide. The jump drew audible reactions from the crowd and was praised by commentators for its height, control, and confidence.
 
Competing against a world-class field, Bath finished with a total score of 205.39, placing her between Japan’s Mao Shimada (gold) and Mayuko Oka (bronze). Media outlets internationally described her performance as “history‑making,” “electrifying,” and “a breakthrough moment for Australian figure skating.”
 
Adding to the significance of the week, Bath also celebrated her 16th birthday during the Championships — a milestone made even more memorable by her podium finish.
 
Ice Skating Australia Chair Peter Marcovich said the result reflects the strength of Australia’s emerging talent and the dedication of the broader skating community.
 
“Hana’s performance in Tallinn was extraordinary. To deliver a free skate of that calibre on the world stage — and to secure Australia’s first Junior Worlds singles medal — is a moment our entire community can be proud of. This achievement is a testament to Hana’s hard work, her coaching team, and the support network that has guided her development.”
 
Bath’s success has sparked excitement across the Australian skating community, with clubs, coaches, and athletes celebrating the achievement as a sign of the sport’s growing depth and international competitiveness.
 
Ice Skating Australia congratulates Hana Bath on her historic silver medal and looks forward to supporting her continued development as she progresses through the international ranks.

​​Just when the post-Olympic blues are setting in for Winter Games fans, SBS will offer the cure with its exclusive broadcast of the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2026, available both live and on catch-up via SBS On Demand from 25-30 March 2026.
 
Fans can relive all the passion and drama of world-class figure skating competition as the stars of the Milano Cortina Games return to compete for world titles at Prague’s O2 arena, writing the next chapter of the compelling narrative that unfolded on the ice in Italy last month.

​Dual world champion and pre-Olympic favourite Ilia Malinin will seek redemption after his Milano meltdown, while Olympic champion Alysa Liu will hope to extend her astonishing comeback with a second consecutive world crown.
 
Surprise Olympic champion Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan has opted not to compete, but silver and bronze medallists Yuma Kagiyama and Shun Sato of Japan will provide the highest level of competition for the “Quad God” Malinin.
 
“I'm looking forward to getting myself that ‘redemption competition’, as I like to call it,” Malinin told Olympics.com last week. “I’m definitely looking at that, and I can be satisfied with it if everything goes well.”
 
The entire women’s Olympic podium will compete as Liu faces silver medallist and former world champion Kaori Sakamoto in her swansong competition, while the exciting 17-year-old Ami Nakai will make her world championships debut after winning a breakthrough bronze medal in Milano.
 
Olympic pairs champions Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan will skip the event, creating an opportunity for Milano Cortina 2026 silver medallists, Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava of Georgia, and bronze medallists, Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin of Germany, to contend for a first world title.
 
Meanwhile, the ice dancing competition will see a rematch between France’s gold medal duo Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron, and American silver medallists Madison Chock and Evan Bates, who will hope to go one better and successfully defend their world title.  
 
Aussies in action
 
Australia’s Olympic representatives Holly Harris and Jason Chan (ice dancing) and Anastasia Golubeva and Hektor Giotopoulos-Moore (pairs) will be back on the ice.
 
Harris and Chan are fresh from Australia's best-ever performance in the ice dance at the Olympics (18thplace) and will look to make a further rise up the ranks in Czechia.
 
Golubeva and Giotopoulos-Moore had a rough start to the 2025-26 season as uncertainty around Golubeva’s nationality and injury issues halted their momentum. However they still finished 18th at the Olympics, and will hope to be nearer their best at the world championships, after finishing in the top ten for the past three years.
 
The Sport page on SBS On Demand will provide links to livestream coverage of every competition, as well as extended highlights and full replays, with highlights on social media.
 
SBS’s global sports offering includes the FIFA World Cup 2026™, the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, as well as other cycling Grand Tours, Classics and stage races, Dakar Rally, and ISU Grand Prix figure skating events.
 
How to watch the 2026 ISU World Figure Skating Championships LIVE on SBS:
 
Wednesday, March 25
ISU World Championships - Women Short Program
8:55pm - 2:38am (AEDT)
LIVE via SBS On Demand
 
Thursday, March 26
ISU World Championships - Pairs Short Program
4:10am - 8:35am (AEDT)
LIVE via SBS On Demand
ISU World Championships - Men Short Program
8:40pm - 2:37am (AEDT)
LIVE via SBS On Demand
 
Friday, March 27
ISU World Championships - Pair Free Skate and Victory Ceremony
4:20am - 8:27am (AEDT)
LIVE via SBS On Demand
ISU World Championships - Ice Dance Rhythm Dance
8:55pm - 2:37am (AEDT)
LIVE via SBS On Demand
 
Saturday, March 28
ISU World Championships - Women Free Skate and Victory Ceremony
3:55am - 8:22am (AEDT)
LIVE via SBS On Demand
ISU World Championships - Men Free Skate and Victory Ceremony
10:25pm - 2:25am (AEDT)
LIVE via SBS On Demand
 
Sunday, March 29
ISU World Championships - Ice Dance Free Dance and Victory Ceremony
4:25am - 8:21am (AEDT)
LIVE via SBS On Demand
 
Monday, March 30
ISU World Championships - Exhibition Gala
12:25am - 3:10am (AEDT)
LIVE via SBS On Demand
 
IMAGE - Anastasia Golubeva and Hektor Giotopoulos-Moore at the O'Brien Icehouse in Melbourne
Photo Copyright - Chris Hocking