Podium had to be and podium was. At the Super Arena in Saitama the 2023 edition of the World Figure Skating Championships began. To open the world championship appointment were the artistic couples, who staged the short program. For Italy, the fresh European champions Sara Conti and Niccolò Macii (Icelab) took to the ice, at the start with credentials in the race for the bronze medal. The goal was confirmed within reach with the blue couple who skated a very high profile short, touching up the personal record by almost three points.
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World Figure Skating Championships at the Super Arena in Saitama: Sara Conti and Niccolò Macii
It should be noted that, for the first time in their career, they have exceeded the threshold of 40 points on the technical front. The Italians were in third place (73.24), ahead of the Canadians Deanna Stellato Dudek-Maxime Deschamps (72.81), on paper the main rivals for the lowest step of the podium together with the Americans Emily Chan-Spencer Akira Howe, for their part fifth (70.23). Conti/Macii are also close to the second place, held by the Americans Alexa Knierim-Brandon Frazer (74.64).