3/25/16: Cheng Peng/Hao Zhang replaces Xiaoyu Yu/Yang Jin for CHN
3/23/16: Polina Edmunds out of worlds with bone bruise on her right foot. Mirai Nagasu, the first alternate, will replace.
3/23/16: Alexander Majorov out of Worlds with injury, no replacement because Sweden does not have another male skater with minimum TES for Worlds
3/21/16: French news reports that Gabriella Papadakis injured her knee late last week and had eight stitches. She resumed training today.
3/11/16: Seguin/Bilodeau out of Worlds with injury, Moore-Towers/Marinaro to replace
3/11/16: Liam Firus out of Worlds due to recent performance ("This decision is about performance and giving our country the best opportunity to obtain three spots for the World Championships next year"), Nam Nguyen to replace
2016 Worlds: Schedule + Entrants
Official hashtag: #Worlds2016
- Wednesday, March 30, 2016
- Short dance: 7:45 a.m. PT / 10:45 a.m. ET / 5:45 p.m. Moscow / 11:45 p.m. Tokyo
- Men's short: 3:15 p.m. PT / 6:15 p.m. ET / 1:15 a.m. Moscow / 7:15 a.m. Tokyo (3/31)
- Thursday, March 31, 2016
- Ladies short: 9:10 a.m. PT / 12:10 p.m. ET / 7:10 p.m. Moscow / 1:10 a.m. Tokyo (4/1)
- Free dance: 4:30 p.m. PT / 7:30 p.m. ET / 2:30 a.m. Moscow / 8:30 a.m. Tokyo (4/1)
- Friday, April 1, 2016
- Pairs short: 10:15 a.m. PT / 1:15 p.m. ET / 8:15 p.m Moscow / 2:15 a.m. Tokyo (4/2)
- Men's free: 3:45 p.m. PT / 6:45 p.m. ET / 1:45 a.m. Moscow / 7:45 a.m. Tokyo (4/2)
- Saturday, April 2, 2016
- Pairs free: 9:55 a.m. PT / 12:55 p.m. ET / 7:55 p.m. Moscow / 1:55 a.m. Tokyo (4/3)
- Ladies free: 4:00 p.m. PT / 7:00 p.m. ET / 2:00 a.m. Moscow / 8:00 a.m. Tokyo (4/3)
Entrants list as of 3/25/16
MEN
- Denis Margalik ARG
- Slavik Hayrapetyan ARM
- Brendan Kerry AUS
- Jorik Hendrickx BEL
- Patrick Chan CAN
- WD Liam Firus CAN
- Nam Nguyen CAN
- Boyang Jin CHN
- Han Yan CHN
- Michal Brezina CZE
- Chafik Besseghier FRA
- Franz Streubel GER
- Phillip Harris GBR
- Alexei Bychenko ISR
- Ivan Righini ITA
- Yuzuru Hanyu JPN
- Shoma Uno JPN
- Denis Ten KAZ
- Deniss Vasiljevs LAT
- Julian Zhi Jie Yee MAS
- Michael Christian Martinez PHI
- June Hyoung Lee KOR
- Mikhail Kolyada RUS
- Maxim Kovtun RUS
- Javier Fernandez ESP
- Javier Raya ESP
- WD Alexander Majorov SWE
- Ivan Pavlov UKR
- Max Aaron USA
- Grant Hochstein USA
- Adam Rippon USA
- Misha Ge UZB
LADIES
- Anastasia Galustyan ARM
- Kailani Craine AUS
- Kerstin Frank AUT
- Alaine Chartrand CAN
- Gabrielle Daleman CAN
- Zijun Li CHN
- Ziquan Zhao CHN
- Amy Lin TPE
- Eliska Brezinova CZE
- Viveca Lindfors FIN
- Laurine Cavelier FRA
- Mae Berenice Meite FRA
- Nathalie Weinzierl GER
- Kristen Spours GBR
- Ivett Toth HUN
- Roberta Rodeghiero ITA
- Mao Asada JPN
- Rika Hongo JPN
- Satoko Miyahara JPN
- Elizabet Tursynbaeva KAZ
- Angelina Kuchvalska LAT
- Aleksandra Golovkina LTU
- Niki Wories NED
- Anne Line Gjersem NOR
- Da Bin Choi KOR
- So Youn Park KOR
- Evgenia Medvedeva RUS
- Anna Pogorilaya RUS
- Elena Radionova RUS
- Nicole Rajicova SVK
- Dasa Grm SLO
- Sonia Lafuente ESP
- Joshi Helgesson SWE
- Yasmine Kimiko Yamada SUI
- Anna Khnychenkova UKR
- Poline Edmunds USA
- Gracie Gold USA
- Ashley Wagner USA
PAIRS
- Miriam Ziegler/Severin Kiefer AUT
- Tatiana Danilova/Mikalai Kamianchuk BLR
- Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford CAN
- Lubov Iliushechkina/Dylan Moscovitch CAN
- Kirsten Moore-Towers/Michael Marinaro CAN
- WD Julianne Seguin/Charlie Bilodeau CAN
- Cheng Peng/Hao Zhang CHN
- Wenjing Sui/Cong Han CHN
- Xuehan Wang/Lei Wang CHN
- WD Xiaoyu Yu/Yang Jin CHN
- Lola Esbrat/Andrei Novoselov FRA
- Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres FRA
- Aliona Savchenko/Bruno Massot GER
- Adel Tankova/Evgeni Krasnopolski ISR
- Nicole Della Monica/Matteo Guarise ITA
- Valentina Marchei/Ondrej Hotarek ITA
- Sumire Suto/Francis Boudreau Audet JPN
- Goda Butkute/Nikita Ermolaev LTU
- Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov RUS
- Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov RUS
- Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov RUS
- Ioulia Chtchetinina/Noah Scherer SUI
- Tarah Kayne/Daniel O'Shea USA
- Alexa Scimeca/Chris Knierim USA
DANCE
- Tina Garabedian/Simon Proulx-Senecal ARM
- Barbora Silna/Juri Kurakin AUT
- Viktoria Kavaliova/Yurii Bieliaiev BLR
- Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier CAN
- Elisabeth Paradis/Francois-Xavier Ouellette CAN
- Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje CAN
- Shiyue Wang/Xinyu Liu CHN
- Cortney Mansour/Michal Ceska CZE
- Laurence Fournier Beaudry/Nikolaj Sorensen DEN
- Cecilia Torn/Jussiville Partanen FIN
- Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron FRA
- Kavita Lorenz/Panagiotis Polizoakis GER
- Penny Coomes/Nicholas Buckland GBR
- Isabella Tobias/Ilia Tkachenko ISR
- Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte ITA
- Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri ITA
- Kana Muramoto/Chris Reed JPN
- Anastasia Khromova/Daryn Zhunussov KAZ
- Olga Jakushina/Andrey Nevskiy LAT
- Natalia Kaliszek/Maksim Spodirev POL
- Rebeka Kim/Kirill Minov KOR
- Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov RUS
- Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin RUS
- Federica Testa/Lukas Csolley SVK
- Celia Robledo/Luis Fenero ESP
- Alisa Agafonova/Alper Ucar TUR
- Alexandra Nazarova/Maxim Nikitin UKR
- Madison Chock/Evan Bates USA
- Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue USA
- Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani USA
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This page will be updated as the entrants are announced for the 2016 World Figure Skating Championships. #Worlds2016 will take place March 28-April 3 in Boston, Massachusetts - it'll be the first time that Worlds is back in the U.S. since 2009, when it was held in Los Angeles.
Noteworthy news affecting Worlds entries
- 3/8/16: Russia announced their team today
- 3/7/16: Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev RUS are ruled out of Worlds with Bobrova failing a drug test at Europeans, which will likely negate their bronze-medal finish
- 2/4/16: Reigning World champion Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was ruled out of Worlds according to her coach, after an 8th place finish at Russian Nationals
- 1/28/16: Nathan Chen USA withdrew with a hip injury that required surgery, Grant Hochstein replaces Chen
#Worlds2016 entrants by country
Australia
- MEN: Brendan Kerry
- LADIES: Kailani Craine
Canada
- MEN: Patrick Chan, Liam Firus
- LADIES: Alaine Chartrand, Gabrielle Daleman
- PAIRS: Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford, Julianne Seguin/Charlie Bilodeau, Lubov Iliushechkina/Dylan Moscovitch
- DANCE: Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje, Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier, Elisabeth Paradis/Francois-Xavier Ouellette
France
- MEN: Chafik Besseghier
- LADIES: Laurine Lecavelier, Mae Berenice Meite
- PAIRS: Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres, Lola Esbrat/Andrei Novoselov
- DANCE: Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron
Netherlands
- LADIES: Niki Wories
Japan
- MEN: Yuzuru Hanyu, Shoma Uno
- LADIES: Satoko Miyahara, Mao Asada, Rika Hongo
- PAIRS: Sumire Suto/Francis Boudreau Audet
- DANCE: Kana Muramoto/Chris Reed
Russia
- MEN: Mikhail Kolyada, Maxim Kovtun
- LADIES: Evgenia Medvedeva, Anna Pogorilaya, Elena Radionova
- PAIRS: Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov, Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov, Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov
- DANCE: Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov, Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin
Spain
- MEN: Javier Fernandez, Javier Raya
Sweden
- MEN: Alexander Majorov
- LADIES: Joshi Helgesson
United States
- MEN: Max Aaron, Grant Hochstein, Adam Rippon
- LADIES: Polina Edmunds, Gracie Gold, Ashley Wagner
- PAIRS: Tarah Kayne/Daniel O'Shea, Alexa Scimeca/Chris Knierim
- DANCE: Madison Chock/Evan Bates, Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue, Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani