USA defended their title at the ISU World Team Trophy 2025 on Saturday (19 April) in Tokyo, Japan. Alysa Liu and Amber Glenn anchored the victory with personal bests in the women’s free as USA. Both produced a one-two for the stars and stripes.
Newly crowned world champion Liu, who came back from retirement recently, registered 150.97 points.
“I actually can’t believe that I won this competition either,” she said. “I’m really grateful and I’m honoured that people like my skating this much.
“It makes me want to work so much harder because I feel like I can deliver much better.”
Meanwhile, her teammate Glenn roared back from a disappointing short program to hit 148.93, finally nailing the triple Axel that had eluded her as of late.
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Sakamoto Kaori came third with 145.00 for Japan. The hosts finished second overall, 16 points behind defending champions USA, who tallied 126 points from the eight programs.
Italy won bronze for the first time at the event with 86 points, followed by France (78), Canada (72) and competition debutantes Georgia (68).
ISU World Team Trophy 2025: What happened in pairs free
Reigning world champions Miura Riku and Kihara Ryuichi delivered another personal best to take the pairs free title on 145.06.
“We were talking about how we wanted to come home injury free with a smile on our face, win or lose,” Miura said. “I’m really happy with the way we finished.”
Miura/Kihara improved their previous personal best by 0.71, a mark they set two years ago at their home world championships in Saitama.
For their final skate of 2024-25, the duo nailed a triple toe-double Axel-double Axel combo making a solid start and never seemed to drop for the rest of the routines.
Italy’s Sara Conti/Niccolo Macii came second with a personal best of their own in 142.26. Anastasiia Metelkina/Luka Berulava of Georgia finished third on 139.96.
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ISU World Team Trophy 2025: Results
Saturday, 19 April
Team standings
- USA 126
- Japan 110
- Italy 86
- France 78
- Canada 72
- Georgia 68
Women’s free skating
- Alysa Liu (USA) 150.97
- Amber Glenn (USA) 148.93
- Sakamoto Kaori (JPN) 145.00
- Anastasiia Gubanova (GEO) 141.39
- Chiba Mone (JPN) 138.52
- Lara Naki Gutmann (ITA) 133.13
- Madeline Schizas (CAN) 124.57
- Lorine Schild (FRA) 117.78
- Lea Serna (FRA) 106.65
- Sara-Maude Dupuis (CAN) 99.07
- Anna Pezzetta (ITA) 98.41
- Alina Urushadze (GEO) 90.19
Pairs free skating
- Miura Riku/Kihara Ryuichi (JPN) 145.06
- Sara Conti/Niccolo Macii (ITA) 142.26
- Anastasiia Metelkina/Luka Berulava (GEO) 139.96
- Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps (CAN) 134.35
- Alisa Efimova/Misha Mitrofanov (USA) 117.67
- Camille Kovalev/Pavel Kovalev (FRA) 107.45
Friday, 18 April
Team standings
- USA 95
- Japan 80
- Italy 66
- France 62
- Canada 54
- Georgia 48
Men’s free skating
- Ilia Malinin (USA) 183.88
- Jason Brown (USA) 179.33
- Daniel Grassl (ITA) 172.45
- Sato Shun (JPN) 169.62
- Kagiyama Yuma (JPN) 168.93
- Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA) 168.47
- Kevin Aymoz (FRA) 165.34
- Nikolaj Memola (ITA) 158.17
- Roman Sadovsky (CAN) 153.34
- Nika Egadze (GEO) 147.83
- Aleksa Rakic (CAN) 130.60
- Morisi Kvitelashvili (GEO) 120.27
Ice dance free dance
- Madison Chock/Evan Bates (USA) 133.51
- Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier (CAN) 131.91
- Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri (ITA) 121.82
- Diana Davis/Gleb Smolkin (GEO) 118.44
- Evgeniia Lopareva/Geoffrey Brissaud (FRA) 116.44
- Yoshida Utana/Morita Masaya (JPN) 94.95
Pairs short program
- Miura Riku/Kihara Ryuichi (JPN) 80.99
- Sara Conti/Niccolo Macii (ITA) 74.10
- Anastasiia Metelkina/Luka Berulava (GEO) 73.67
- Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps (CAN) 66.65
- Alisa Efimova/Misha Mitrofanov (USA) 64.57
- Camille Kovalev/Pavel Kovalev (FRA) 54.74
Thursday, 17 April
Team standings
- Japan 52
- USA 44
- Italy 34
- Canada 30
- France 28
- Georgia 25
Women’s short program
- Alysa Liu (USA) 75.70
- Sakamoto Kaori (JPN) 75.54
- Anastasiia Gubanova (GEO) 69.80
- Chiba Mone (JPN) 69.66
- Lara Naki Gutmann (ITA) 68.43
- Madeline Schizas (CAN) 63.93
- Amber Glenn (USA) 63.70
- Lorine Schild (FRA) 63.66
- Anna Pezzetta (ITA) 62.25
- Sara-Maude Dupuis (CAN) 61.88
- Lea Serna (FRA) 57.68
- Alina Urushadze (GEO) 38.77
Men’s short program
- Ilia Malinin (USA) 106.08
- Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA) 96.16
- Jason Brown (USA) 93.82
- Kagiyama Yuma (JPN) 93.73
- Sato Shun (JPN) 93.68
- Kevin Aymoz (FRA) 88.07
- Daniel Grassl (ITA) 87.07
- Nika Egadze (GEO) 84.76
- Roman Sadovsky (CAN) 84.75
- Aleksa Rakic (CAN) 72.86
- Nikolaj Memola (ITA) 69.20
- Morisi Kvitelashvili (GEO) 59.54
Ice dance rhythm dance
- Madison Chock/Evan Bates (USA) 91.25
- Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier (CAN) 87.15
- Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri (ITA) 84.58
- Evgeniia Lopareva/Geoffrey Brissaud (FRA) 81.78
- Diana Davis/Gleb Smolkin (GEO) 76.47
- Yoshida Utana/Morita Masaya (JPN) 56.63
