SAITAMA, Japan—Shoma Uno retained his men’s figure skating world title with a nerveless free skate on home ice on Saturday after Madison Chock and Evan Bates overcame a fall in their free dance to win their first ice dance world title.
After overcoming an ankle injury this week, Uno was not at his best but landed four clean quads in his “Air on the G String”/”Mea tormenta, properate” routine to earn 196.51 points and finish with an overall score of 301.14 points.
Uno, who led rising American star Ilia Malinin after Thursday’s short program, dropped to the ice and lay on his back as he soaked up a standing ovation from the delighted home crowd at the Saitama Super Arena….