U.S. pairs’ figure skating silver medalists Jessica Calalang and Brian Johnson withdrew from the world championships in three weeks for personal reasons unrelated to the coronavirus pandemic.
They will be replaced by U.S. bronze medalists Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy LeDuc at worlds in Stockholm.
U.S. champions Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier, in their first season together, are set to compete if they were cleared by the International Skating Union upon video review of their programs.
Calalang and Johnson missed out on a worlds debut for a second consecutive year.