As late as the six-minute warmup before her free skate, Levito worried her medal chances would slip away. But then she skated a nearly clean program to land on the podium.
Isabeau Levito of the United States savors the moment following her free skate in the women's competition at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal, Canada.
Kaori Sakamoto, of Japan, three-peated as world champion . Chaeyeon Kim, of Korea, placed third.“I feel like I had a very rough season and I was so disappointed myself for a lot of the season,” she said in a press conference following the medal ceremony. “I was so confused with how I was skating, but I’m really proud of myself, my team of coaches with all the consistent training and hard training we’ve been doing.
“I just was a little concerned after my six minute warm up. I didn’t feel like I did good on that, and I was scared that I wouldn’t be able to do what I needed to do today.”None of the skaters performed flawless programs, but Levito landed all jumps, although both of her triple lutzes were called for changes of edge going into the jumps and given negative grades of execution.
Besides the podium placement, Levito had a second goal at the World Championships, although she said it wasn’t her primary stressor. She and teammate Glenn were charged with earning a third place in the women’s event at next year’s World Championships, which would set up the American team even better going into the 2026 Winter Olympics .
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