Highlights World Figure Skating Championships

Good afternoon, world's records, gravity defying routines and a few

fairy tale comebacks as well, this years world figure Skating

Championships at it all and over the next of hours, we will be taking

youth through some of the highlights, the most highly

anticipated in recent seasons. Here's what we have coming up for

you. A terrible injury means Penny and Nick are not in Helsinki but

they are back on the ice, and planning their path. Javier

Hernandez of Spain targets a third successive world title. Teenage

sensation Evgenia Medvedeva of Russia aiming to defend her title in

the ladies. Even the slightest mistake could prove costly in the

most hotly contested pairs competition of recent years. Some

great skating coming up for you over the next couple of hours, watching

it alongside me, 1980 gold medallist back in the midst of time, Robin

cousins, and you so much for all your expertise. I will ask you for a

little bit more. Who are the ones to watch over the next few hours? --

Robin Cousins. Obviously we will be showing the medallist, but what was

exciting for me was showing the depth in the field, my sport is

probably in the best position it has ever been in, this was the strongest

world figure Skating Championships I have ever witnessed. In the men's

event, 43 clean quadruple jumps... New record? Yes, world records being

broken, the sport is in great shape. Standard magnificent

across-the-board, one standout performance, she goes in the ladies.

Unbeaten since she came out of the junior ranks into the senior ranks,

she has won all of her 17 events, Evgenia Medvedeva, what is so great

about her, very young, she has this incredible innocence, she gets on

the ice, she turns into this incredible performer, who delivers

every nuance, everyone on the ice around her, we stand in awe of her,

because... Such a rare talent, but so beautifully honed. Well done to

the team around her and for her as well for be being able to stand the

pressure. Let's get into the action now, the pairs were first up in

Helsinki, let's see how the medals were decided there.

CHEERING COMMENTATOR: The European champions,

Vladimir Morozov and Evgenia Tarasova over. Can the naked world

champions? CO-COMMENTATOR: Quadruple twist. The

first we have seen this evening, successfully completed.

Second row, triple loop. Slight touch down there.

CHEERING So, so close. Could be a very costly

lift. When you look at the technical score up there on the side, the

leader is as it is... But this is before it has been

double checked... And various penalties added to the technical

score. You see it up there, it might go down, they have gone ahead at

this point... There was the twist. A bit of what

we call a collapse, landed hard into the shoulder. I'm pleased with the

toe loops, perfect unison. Triple loop.

No, not good enough. In the free skate. But overall... ? It is good

enough. And by quite a considerable margin, actually. Second in the free

skate, first overall. From Germany, the many faces to those who know

their Skating, Bruno Massot and Aliona Savchenko, European silver

medallist, can they turn European silver into world gold?

Watched the height on this twist. -- watch. APPLAUSE

Triple for the first side-by-side jump, double for the second, toed

loops. -- toe loops. Good fight to hold the landing of that triple

Salchow from Aliona but land it she did.

Leave, and set up. Through... Two feet on the triple Salchow.

Just one mistake, thrilled with that, one tiny mistake. We are going

to wait for the review. Such an exquisite programme. It was

beautiful to watch. Absolutely beautiful. She gets lazy on the

landing sometimes, but goes down, does two feet on purpose, fighting

for the one foot. That has got to be a World Championship medal, any

question? What colour will it be, where are the points going. Here is

the twist, the heights... Unbelievable, look at that. No

touching from her on the landing. Here is the axle. Yes, it's touches.

Did the hand go down? Touchdown on both throws? High up from

presentation and technical. Overall, big school. Taking them into the

lead. Guaranteed at least a silver. Beautiful to watch, such fine

margins. It is going to be so close! Will they snatch the gold? It is all

about that point deduction, that single point deduction, those throw

ball all were so much stronger. Look how far ahead they are on the

technical score, for now. For now, the second score, probably...

Probably maybe going to beat them. Overall, yes there was the fall,

which is going to get them the one point deduction, but the rest of it

was absolutely plusses for me, I'm pretty much every element full. --

on pretty much every element. Just over a point between them right now.

Between gold and silver, I said it was going to be tight! This is...

This is tense! Quad twist. Easy exit. So elegant, isn't she. Timing,

boom, on it. Feet are still tight and crossed. Triple flip, both

throws, such quality in the take-offs and the landings. Do we

have our world champions. Yes! Tense, tense wait to find that out,

she knows that she could have thrown it away with that one mistake. But

there they are, world champions for 2017. Sui Wenjing, Han Cong. China.

We knew it would be close, we knew that it would be brilliant. Bronze

medal for Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov. Silver, Aliona

Savchenko and Bruno Massot. World champions, top of the world for now,

Sui Wenjing and Han Cong. STUDIO: The Chinese favourites took

the title in the end but a remarkable story, from the Chinese,

to come back from the injury that she had. On both ankles, surgery, on

both ankles! Then, to say, I had to learn to walk again, then to get

back, come back, so strongly this season, and again, testament to the

team around them, getting them in shape, maintaining shape, to be able

to work with her the way that she needed him to work with her, when

she came back. Quite remarkable, I am such fans. They were put together

when they were ten years old and 12 years old, with the Olympics in

mind, so it was a major blip in the scheduling for this to have happened

to her. They had the Pyeongchang capital at Olympics in mind. The

Chinese Olympic medal machine back on track. Would it be a surprise to

see the Chinese win an Olympic gold, instead of the Russians? Russians

have been dominant for years. -- Pyeongchang Olympics. You cannot

discount them, they have always been dominant, wonderful statement from

the bronze medal position, three or four others are bubbling under in

the junior Championships. Don't forget, the Canadians sitting

sandwiched between them -- the Germans, Aliona Savchenko and Bruno

Massot. They have struggled, made this journey, this struggle, to get

her back onto a podium, they will be fighting for the goal. New couples

coming up through the junior ranks in time for the Olympics, perhaps? A

lot of skaters in all four disciplines, and back from the

junior ranks, going to be age eligible, to reiterate, people

gaining places for the Olympics, not your personal place, it is a place

for your country. Who represents the country at the Olympics next year is

still to be decided. Still all to play for. The pairs was always going

to be a close event, but we were expecting one woman to stand head

and shoulders above the rest, Russia's Evgenia Medvedeva, going

for back-to-back titles. Let's see how this one worked out.

COMMENTATOR: Another exciting young skater, just 17 years old, US

national champion, newly crowned, Karen Chen. CO-COMMENTATOR: This

programme could get out onto a podium, or at least, very close,

if... If she skates her best. Overcooked the take-off on the

double axle there. APPLAUSE.

So, so close, just those last couple of mistakes. I think she's got a

nasty cut on her leg as well after that fall. I could see some blood

coming through her tights. Such a shame for her. It was a shame. She

was flying through the first half of that programme and then it was just

an unfortunate fall. It's a little hunchy in the

shoulders. Tight in the upper body on the jumping you can see there.

But makes the rotation easy. Fifth after the short programme.

Going to be second possibly after this, or has she stayed ahead? Third

in the free. So where does she go? Stays ahead in her first World

Championship. The woman they've all been trying to

beat since November 2015, Russia's unshakeable world champion, Evgenia

Medvedeva, going for back-to-back world titles in Helsinki. Watch this

one and marvel! Just 17. Triple flip. Triple toe loop with

ease. Completely captivating! That surely

is a gold medal performance. Yes. No-one will come close to that. Such

theatre when she skates as well, she acts it, doesn't she? Zbloo bluely.

It's fluid and there's not one move of a finger, a jump, a spin, a

choreographic element, nothing that's not getting her points.

There's nothing ex-trainious in that performance, and yet you don't think

about points at all while you're watching her skate. Not at all. She

is mesmerizing on the ice. Again, incredible technique. And

every movement, every transition, every position is getting her

points. The best of the best. That was a

very special performance. 154 points. Top the free skate.

Massive, massive score. Massive margin for the others to

make up and we've only got two more skaters. The question is, how will

these two Canadian girls stand up in a placement that they have seen

themselves in before? Will they rise to the occasion or will it overawe

them? Exquisite triple toe, triple toe.

That particular move got her plus threes from every single judge in

the short programme. Wonderful, double toe loop. Terrific

height she gets on the jumps and now they're in complete control.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Great, great. Yes. She can't quite

believe that either! There must be some magic out on the ice after that

Evgenia Medvedeva skate. Well, I think this girl, the change in

coaching schools has given her a whole new lease on life this season.

She has always had this fire in this amazing speed across the ice but

never this control. This is superb. Just a little bobble on the double

axle but goodness me, the triples flew. The height and speed and

control and the flow, beautiful. The same speed coming in and out of both

triples. It's going to be a medal.

Absolutely. What colour for now? Silver, behind Evgenia Medvedeva.

Second place right now. She knows she's guaranteed a World

Championship medal at this stage, Gabrielle Daleman. In a second

she'll figure it out. Next, it's Caitlin Osmond. She broke

her leg so missed the last Olympics. Hoping to be at the next Winter

Olympics in February next year, before that hoping to pick up a

world medal -- Kaetlyn Osmond. Kaetlyn Osmond. She broke her leg so

missed the last Olympics. Hoping to be at the next Winter Olympics in

February next year, before that hoping to pick up a world medal --

Kaetlyn Osmond. That's the way to start, triple

flip, triple toe loop. Hold on, triple axle, double toe

loop. Kaetlyn is one of those skaters who jumps to her right, as

opposed to the left. Good for you. Got that second triple

flip. Points that were needed. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.

Finished with a flourish. And he's Shappi. Is it going to be enough to

get on that podium? No-one's done enough to topple Evgenia Medvedeva,

we can safely say she's the champion, that won't come close to

that. No, and Osmond does have a few points in the bag from her short

programme on her team-mate but it's going to be very close.

Great conviction. Got herself going. Double axle triple toe loop. Did so

well not to put that hand down. Beautiful triple.

Oh, Canada! And there it is! Silver for Osmond. Bronze for dale dale. So

it's a can do two-three. They've done what loads of people said was

not possible -- Canada two-three. Canada take silver and bronze. There

is confirmation of the one, two, three. Evgenia Medvedeva once again

Queen of the ice and an unforgettable performance from her

and she's consolidated her place as the best in the world once again,

head and shoulders above the rest in Helsinki and on for Olympic gold in

the Olympics next year surely. Dale dale and Osmond take bronze and

silver. Evgenia Medvedeva once again world champion. Are there any more

superlatives we can use to describe her? It's extraordinary because

there doesn't seem to be a nerve in her body in front of an audience or

the judges. She comes alive the minute that music starts and yes,

there's acting. In other people, it's totally believable. The quality

of the elements and the jumps, the rotations, poxes, there isn't an

ugly bone in her body when she skates and you forget, she's still a

teenager. It's quite remarkable and those types of skaters come along

once in a lifetime. She doesn't... Doesn't mean to say she can't be

beaten but it's going to be extraordinary to see how this

particular year plays out. Must be hers to lose pretty much? You would

think that way but the number two Russian isn't able to compete

because she's too young, twice junior world champion, so there's

somebody else going to be knocking at the door going Evgenia, I'm

behind you! The surprise outfit in the women's was the Canadians,

silver and bronze? Fantastic performances from the two girls

who've been bubbling around for a while. They are both incredible

performers, but it was one in the short, one in the long, never quite

together, new confidence, new coaching, new power and they were

able to hold it together. That was the thing. Over a two-and-a-half

minute short programme, a couple of elementses, that's one thing, then

the pressure of coming out thinking, gosh, two of us on a podium position

to this free skate, can we hold it together and make it happen. They

did it in style. It was fantastic. There are others behind. The

Japanese still have a great force of a team. But it wasn't their day

today either. Really, really good for the two Canadians. Yes, great

day for those. We always knew that Evgenia Medvedeva would be out on

her own, she has been all season. In the men's competition though it was

always going to be a much closer affair. Who would come out on top

would be anyone's guess but we knew it would be a quad fest. A skating

superstar for you, fifth after the short programme, he through away the

world title last year, had a lead but a couple of mistakes meant

Javier Fernandez came back and won it and he had to settle for silver.

Looking to go one better this year. Effortless triple flip coming in the

middle of a step sequence just out of nowhere.

Quadruple then triple. Beautiful. Absolutely on form.

Just want to point out that, the jump elements that come in the

second half of the routine get a bonus. Triple axle.

The final jump element for him. Just to finish it off.

Shivers! Cool as a cucumber. He is something special. Mistakes cost him

the world title last year round. No such problems this time. That was

sublime. He was down in fifth after the short programme. Do you think

that's enough to earn him a podium? Oh, yes. I'm being emphatic because

you can't and no-one will, even Javier will not have the delicacy of

this jumping, this technique. It's delicate even though he's flying

through the air and forcing his body to do the quads. They're light and

elegant. Over 200 points! Only over 200

points(!) LAUGHTER 321.59! That is enormous!

Moving on to the 19-year-old, another youngster, Boyang Jin, and

some say that we could see five here as well. He needs five quads,

because there is not a lot of quality packaging around.

Also, a quad Lutz to open. That is massive! Goodness me... Flu, 16.2

seven. -- just flew, 16.27. Quad Salchow.

Triple Axel Lu, triple Salchow. -- triple Axel loop.

Four more quads. And the quality of the jumping, doesn't always come

together. But today, when it mattered... All four showed up, and

the triple Axel in some form. Quadruple Lutz. Nice soft knee bend

on the landing as well. Gave himself so much time to complete it.

Look at the difference in technical against presentation. Silver

medallist at the moment. Breaks the 300 barrier, but still a long way.

Full list performance. -- faultless. And ultimate skater, Shoma Uno. --

penultimate. Japanese national champion, at the youth Olympics, --

youth Olympics champion, and this year he beat Yuzuru Hanyu, he has

what it takes to knock his countrymen off the top spot.

Completely wrong for the take-off on the Lutz.

Lovely spread eagle into a triple Axel.

There is another one, quads number four.

Triple axle triple flip. Goodness me.

Fantastic spin. Absolutely brilliant. I don't think it is

questionable that we will have a Japanese one to at the end of this.

Power, passion, and surely, a podium position. Absolutely. Quad flip.

Slightly over rotated with the body, able to counterbalance himself and

make it happen. This was exquisite. Triple axle, triple toe loop.

Choreography even works with the music in slow motion!

There we go. 94, for the presentation.

Currently, in second place... Second place, with one skater left to go.

This is the man who will decide where the Japanese skaters end up on

the podium, defending world champion, European champion, won his

fifth straight title this year, a leader after this short programme,

Javier Hernandez, going for three consecutive world titles.

Quad Salchow triple toe loop, little iffy on the landing. No more

mistakes like that, please! Salchow... Do you think that is the

gold medal gone...? Yes. Triple flip, half loop, into the

triple Sakho. Double of sorts. -- into the triple Salchow. But

something is slightly off, all the way through.

APPLAUSE Such a showman, such a shame, we

watched, open-mouthed, his performance when he won the World

Championship last year, but the magic was missing this time round,

there will be no gold medal. Silver is even questionable at the moment.

Just felt slightly cautious on the back foot, right from the beginning.

First quad, glorious. Quad Salchow, triple toe, foot down, but made it,

at such an angle on the take-off, you could see the body... Was not

even close to a recovery position. May even be off the podium. Is he

off the podium? Heartbreaking. Last year 's world champion misses out on

a podium spot. That was the difference, right there.

Japan leads the way, once again, Jin Boyang takes bronze, Shoma Uno take

silver, Yuzuru Hanyu, reigning Olympic and now reigning world

champion, less than one-year to go to the next Olympics. Still the one

to beat for the rest of the world. STUDIO: The Japanese dominating

things as far as the men are concerned, what a surprise to see

Javier Hernandez crashing out and coming forth, the world champion

last year. This is what makes him so special to watch, you don't know if

it will be complete, flawless at the beginning and then began to fall

apart. He knows what Yuzuru Hanyu can do, he sees in everyday in

training, it was not so much a disappointment as it was a

resignation. Today was not my day. Don't discount him for the season to

come. It was a disappointing finish for him but my goodness how he was

on fire, absolutely flawless. Completely flawless, and a Japanese

1-2, will they be the ones to beat come the Olympics, the strength in

depth in the men's competition is so rich. It is incredibly strong, there

was a time when a triple axle guaranteed you being in the final.

Now, it is four, and in fact, people did not even make the final with a

quad, so the depth of men's skating is ridiculous right out, so strong

and so powerful. To say that these two are the ones to watch, Shoma

Uno, he is young, he has it coming along, new knows what Javier

Hernandez is capable of doing, he knows what he is capable of doing

but there is Sam Young Russians, some Japanese and Chinese. -- Javier

Fernandez. Taking the bronze medal, for Jin Boyang, having that come

through, that was fantastic. 56, Americans, Canadians, they know what

it will take and it will come down to who does what on the night when

the music plays. Too close to call, the Olympic competition, but we have

to talk about the quads, 43! What a silly number(!) when we would doing

the event, I was only counting the ones that were landing pristinely,

others we were given credit for but were not perfect. How about the

scores? They are going through the roof, you need to break the 300

barrier if you want to get onto the podium, that is the end of it. Watch

the cumulation going up, a quad with combinations is going to give you a

giant score of 17 points plus. But you cannot forget that there is

other scores you need to get, you have got to make sure that you level

four, make sure you will get the points on the spin as well. While

you also watching these go up on the corner of your screen, also judges

looking at those quads, and the spins, going, yes, that was really

good, plus three. That will make that accumulate to go up. Or, yes,

they did it, was not triggered, I am giving that minus two. You will see

a drop down again. It is only really an indicator of what you are going

to get and also in terms of the technical score, once the

performance is finished, the judge will say, I'm looking at the

interpretation, the choreography, a grade of executions. Ultimately,

then you have a second score, with components that make up the

performance, added together, that will give you 300 plus in men's. In

all the disciplines. Yes, you want to make sure you can tick the boxes

to get the points on the accumulator. It is all about the

package overall that will make you the champion. Whatever the purple

box in the top left of the screen, particularly when it comes to the

ice dance, difficult to spot the component elements, they are not

doing jumps and lifts, ice dance, all about performance, they wrapped

up proceedings in Helsinki but a couple of notable absentees,

unfortunately, Nick Bakker men and Penny Coomes have missed the whole

of the season, because Penny suffered a terrible injury, they had

to sit out this World Championships too. I feel like I have this warmth

and light inside of me when I get back out on the ice. This injury

really has brought me back to that love and that passion. I don't think

I will ever not appreciate it again. Nick and I had come of our most

successful season, just finished seventh in the world, two

personal-best skates, best scores we ever had, everything was going

really well, unfortunately, one day, we had this awful accident. -- won

two personal-best skates. We were laughing and giggling one minute,

and the floor, screaming. It is torture, so painful, worst

thing ever. I broke my kneecap, smashed into eight pieces. -- on the

floor. My kneecap sprung open, there were bones on top of my skin and on

the love a quad, it looked pretty terrible. -- and on the lower what.

They said it was a career ending injury, that I had completely messed

up my knee, that I would not be able to walk properly for the rest of my

life. All these things. It wears on you and you question yourself,

whether you can do it again. First three months were extremely hard,

far harder than both of us ever thought it was going to be. It is

hard as a partner because you are there and cannot do anything to

help. Getting ice, getting her something to eat, simple things, you

really learn to appreciate health and how important that is. I was

stuck in my room for a long time, very unwell for a long time, sick

from medication... In a lot of pain... I was miserable. I lost

myself for a while. I was heartbroken. It sounds like such a

cliched thing to say and over the top, but it felt like somebody had

died, I was mourning something. Nine months and two operations

later, Penny is back on the ice. I feel fine. I know I keep saying it

but I cannot believe that. They are targeting a third Winter Olympics in

2018. That feels a bit dodg, not yet! Now that I am back on the ice

and I have that feeling back, my legs back to normal, I have some way

to go, but I feel optimistic. I do not have a spot yet but in my head,

I have, I am ready to go! It could have been next season. Jim coming

up, that would have been it. It's just, it just shows how sport is on

a balance. Things can be taken away just like that. I felt like I had

this alien knee, and now I have got on and I feel like I have got my leg

back! I knew that I would go to the

Olympics no matter what, that is the person I am, whether it I was in

pain and it crippled me for the rest of my life, I would get there! To

get on, I feel like I have that normal knee again. It fills me with

hope that I am going to be able to do it and that dream that I have has

not diminished. It is there, I just need to work harder and a little

more time but I am going to get there. Great to see Nick and Penny,

Penny in particular, back on the ice, you know them very well, worked

with them, how serious was that injury, and how close is Penny to a

full recovery, being able to escape these routines we are about to what?

It was horrific, firstly, and to see what she had to go through and the

disappointment of seeing the entire season dissipate before them...

Having said that now, seeing her back on the ice, having spoken to

her, that she is back in training, pain-free, they are so hungry, and

she has... Her resilience is incredible, I have never known

anybody to be knocked around like Penny, she is this big, and yet

machine says, don't mess with me. Fully on track. Watching this, it

will spur them on. They are disappointed they are not in the

championship but Babel be saying, we can do that, we can be in the mix.

They can be in the mix. I have said before, gold, silver, these two at

the top are pretty much unbeatable, who will get what, but five or six

other couples are bubbling under, they have missed the season... But,

they will come back... They will make the qualifications in Germany

in the summer, then there will be Grands Prix and I am hoping for good

seasons. So they can prove everyone wrong. That a shame they are not

competing in Helsinki, back on the ice, had to sit this one out.

Actively action in Helsinki. -- such a shame.

COMMENTATOR: Bronze at last year's world's, they currently lie in

fourth. And perhaps the pressure told. It

was all going so well. It was magnificent up to that point. They

know it's a very costly error. He was well out and struggled to get

back into it, didn't he? Shibutanis are up representing the

USA. Let us see what they can do. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.

Very precise skating Before- but they've been criticised in the past

that because they're brother and sister there is a romance missing,

an intensity missing. It's got to have a completely different dynamic

and they've been, accused is probably the wrong word, but it's

always quite flat and clinical because their skating is so precise

and so clean. The ankle down, the footwork, I really actually enjoyed

this performance because it came alive towards the end and the

personalities did come out. So be prepared now for something

rather special. Two-time and reigning world champions, Gabriella

Papadakis and Cizeron of France Guillaume. They have settled for

second most of the season, beaten by the Canadians. They're r they're not

far behind them here. Could claim Third World title.

Beautiful through that sequence. Absolutely perfect.

They skate with such fluidity. Everything emphasised by the long,

languid limbs. Yes, it's extraordinary. I know you say they

churn out a similar performance every time... But emotionally today,

they really nailed it. She got right into it. You could see her in the

middle even becoming part of it, it wasn't an act, this is genuine

feeling. When you produce your season's best,

it's when you want to push for a medal. 196.04, there you go.

And these are the Canadians, the resurgent 2010 Olympic champions, a

heart-breaking silver for them in Sophy, they took two years away but

they are back and they are the ones to beat.

Again, absolutely sublime. It's like they were attached together by a

thread. APPLAUSE.

You said the title was theirs to lose. How crucial will that mistake

be? It does just take that bit of wind out of the sails. The skating

quality is exquisite, still the same as it was.

It was a good save because that could have been an on the floor...

So behind the French in the free skate but they have that cushion.

The cushion just enough to save them. Just two points in it. Between

gold and silver. Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donoghue

weren't expected to be the top rated American couple here, but they are

in third going for a podium place. That 'll be the bronze medal gone.

Yes. There was barely a point in it after the short programme. So they

have no margin for error. APPLAUSE.

So, so tough for Madison Hubble and Zachary Donohue. He's so gutted.

We said the margins were so tight. That has nothing to do with purely

the fall. Technically not as strong as some of the other couples.

Confirmation then that the Canadian comeback is completed. It was that

world record-breaking skate in the short programme that saved them,

giving them a lead over their French rivals. The French have silver this

time around and the American brother and sister, Maia and Alex Shibutani

take the bronze. The Canadians out in front, as they have been all

season, but it was always going to be a tight run thing with the

foreign. The French skated beautifully tonight. They have been

doing it all season. For me, there was an extra something that happened

on the ice, they felt the emotion. The Canadians were technically

brilliant. Overall it was the right decision. It's such a hotly

contested event now, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh. Anyone could

have been up there but the Shibutanis took that spot. Very

consistent aren't they, and a very competitive US team going into the

Olympics too? Very strong US team and theion Arnies are incredibly

clinical and clean -- Shibutanis. Sometimes people say, you know what

you are going to get every day all the time. There's something to be

said for being consistent so it will be an exciting season for them and

the others behind them. And for Penny and Nick, where do you think

they could have ended up? I don't want to say, but if you do look at

the results and you see how close it is, maybe not between one and two,

but three, four, five, six and seven. They absolutely would have

been in that mix and pushing for a medal I'm sure. This World

Championships hasn't disappointed in terms of the quality and

performances. It's been magnificent? Incredibly amazing. Again, this is

the road to Pyongyang starting. This is the level it's starting at. I

cannot wait to see what the season has to offer and how we unup with

the podiumings in Pyongyang. Thank you very much -- podiums. That is it

for BBC Two. Plenty of live sport coming up, BBC One at 4 o'clock for

the boat race, coverage starts at 4. The women's race at 4. 35. And the

men an hour later at 5. 35. That's just about it from Robin and I for

the coverage of the World Figure Skating Championships, 2017. Thank

you so much for all your expertise Robin and your brilliant company as

well. My pleasure. And thank you very much to everyone watching at

home as well. With under a year to go to the Winter Olympics in South

Korea now, the world's best have once again reached new heights.

Goodbye. Stacey and Chris are preparing for

marriage by spending a few days living alone with

their in-laws to be, and asking them all kinds of

questions. Did you get a kiss on

the first date? No. What does their in-laws' marriage

tell them about each other's