ASSAGO, Italy – Olympic bronze medalist Kaetlyn Osmond of Canada won the figure skating world title Friday with a nearly perfect performance as Olympic champion Alina Zagitova fell a jaw-dropping three times and crowd favorite Carolina Kostner turned in a lackluster skate – both tumbling completely off the podium.
Osmond, who skated first in the final group, watched with amazement from the sidelines after Zagitova’s and Kostner’s disastrous programs handed her the title and deprived the two favorites any medals at all. Japan’s Wakaba Higuchi won silver and teammate Satoko Miyahara took bronze.
“I was fighting to skate clean and fighting to hit the podium.