Patrick Chan third after short program at world figure skating championships

The three-time USA champion knew what it meant because she earned the third spot to go to the Sochi Games in 2014. Or if she even wanted to.

Japanese skater Shoma Uno was second with 104.86 points, and three-time world champion Patrick Chan of Canada in third on 102.13.

And if not Osmond?

Skating to a Prince medley, the Canadian pair scored a record 82.43 points, beating their own short dance mark by nearly two points.

Russia, Canada, and the United States all secured the maximum three entries for the Pyeonghchang Olympic women’s competition, but traditional skating powerhouse Japan earned only two as its top two skaters finished fifth and 11th.

Yu Shuran made a historic debut for Singapore at the International Skating Union World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki yesterday and came tantalisingly close to creating another milestone. Osmond broke her leg in 2014, and many, Osmond included, thought her injury was a career ending one.

The Chinese duo sat out the start of the season while Sui recovered from undergoing surgery on her right ankle and left foot. “She is a hero for all our country and for me”, said Morozov.

The teen who finished 12th last month at the Four Continents because her boots were worn out and new ones hadn’t been broken in yet.

The balletic style of her jumps, where she twirls her arm above her head as she spins through the air, adds another dimension to the flawless presentation of her routines and she had fans purring as she opened with a soaring triple flip-triple toeloop combination.

She lost her footing on the triple lutz and then stepped out of the triple Axel.

“I have been watching figure skating for a long time”. “I feel like I definitely have more to give and do in this sport and that’s why I’m here”.

“I found out this entire season that I nearly psych myself out by just seeing and acknowledging what they’re doing and then forgetting what I need to do …” “It’s an incredible character, confident character”.

“It was only after I got off the ice today that I realised that I could qualify, and then I got anxious”.

Singapore Ice Skating Association president Sonja Chong said: “We aren’t surprised at her performance as we know she is capable of performing at this level”.

Despite Pogorilaya’s ordeal, Medvedeva’s win meant Russian Federation, along with Canada and the US, secured the maximum three spots in the women’s competition at next year’s Winter Olympics.

In contrast, the gap between Osmond’s third-placed team mate Gabrielle Daleman and seventh-placed American Ashley Wagner was 3.14. Russian Anna Pogorilaya is fourth with 71.52.

She is also not one to follow the masses when it comes to her routines. “I am in a whole different situation, whole different generation of skaters, than when I won my first world title”. “And at the end of the season, it really was obvious that it was taking longer than we had hoped”. Spain’s Javier Fernandez clinched the top spot with a score of 109.05 in the Men’s Short Program competition.

“Last year I was very disappointed at the worlds and it ended with tears”. “And hopefully it’ll show this time when I do it”.

Daleman said the most touching moment was when she was sitting in the “kiss and cry” and spotted her dad Michael in the crowd.