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Canada’s Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps lead the pairs competition after the short program at the World Figure Skating Championships. Stellato-Dudek, 40, could be the oldest world champion in any event in decades.
Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps scored a personal best of 77.48 in the short race in Montreal on Wednesday.
They lead defending champions Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara of Japan by 3.95 in Thursday’s free skate.
Stellato-Dudek was the 2000 World Junior silver medalist in singles for the United States. Retired due to injuries in 2001, returned to doubles in 2016, then moved to Canada in 2021.
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Last season, Stellato-Dudek became the oldest skater to win the French Grand Prix, joining Deschamps. They finished fourth in last year’s world.
This season they won two autumn Grand Prix races, then finished third at the Grand Prix Final in December.
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On Wednesday, they improved their personal best short program score by 4.45 points.
The U.S. pair were 10th, 12th and 13th in Wednesday’s short, led by national champions Ellie Cam and Danny O’Shea.
To retain three spots at the 2025 World Championships, the top two U.S. pairs must have scores of 13 or better (e.g., sixth and seventh). The top two U.S. results must total 28 or better to earn two spots at the 2025 World Championships.
Worlds continues on Wednesday with the women’s short program, live the peacock ET at 5.
