Summary

  • Use play icon to watch live coverage from Saitama, Japan

  • Japan's Riku Miura & Ryuichi Kihara win Gold on home soil

  • Great Britain's Anastasia Vaipen-Law & Luke Digby finish in 16th place

Live Reporting

  1. Who to watch out for

    BBC Sport

    GB's pairing Lewis Gibson and Lilah Fear will hope to end the 39-year wait for a British medal at the World Figure Skating Championships in Japan this week.

    The last British medal came in 1984 when Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean won ice dance gold.

    Gibson and Fear travel to Saitama having claimed silver in ice dance at the European Championships inJanuary.

    Other Britons in action are Graham Newberry in the men's event, Kristen Spours in the women's and the pairs of Lydia Smart/Harry Mattick and Anastasia Vaipan-Law/Luke Digby.

    Meet the next British ice dance duo heading to Beijing.

  2. How to watch the World Figure Skating Championships

    All times UK & subject to change

    BBC iPlayer

    Thursday, 23 March

    02:00-05:50 - Pairs Free Skate - Red Button, iPlayer, BBC Sport website & app

    05:50 - Men's Short Program

    Friday, 24 March

    01:45 - Ice Dance: Rhythm Dance

    08:20-12:20 - Women's Free Skate - Red Button, iPlayer, BBC Sport website & app

    Saturday, 25 March

    03:30-06:55 - Ice Dance: Free Dance - Red Button, iPlayer, BBC Sport website & app

    08:20-12:20 - Men's Free Skate - Red Button, iPlayer, BBC Sport website & app

    Sunday, 26 March

    14:40-16:00 BST - Highlights - BBC Two, iPlayer, BBC Sport website & app

  3. Get Inspired: How to get into ice skating

    BBC Sport

    How do I start?

    If you're a beginner you can check out Skate UK,- a 10-stage programme to help get you started.

    But what is it?

    There's figure skating and speed skating - sports you may have seen at the Winter Olympics. But skating doesn't have to be competitive. You can put on a pair of skates (which you can hire at rinks) and start gliding across the ice. It's best to make sure you can skate in a straight line before you attempt jumps and turns.

    Is it for me?

    Ice skating is for anybody and easy to learn, whether you just want a bit of fun with friends or are serious about joining a team.

    Useful links

    What to expect when I get there?

    • If you haven't skated before, you might be scared of taking a fall on the ice. But don't worry, most people will take a tumble at some point and you'll be surprised at how quickly yourbalancewill improve.
    • There's an emphasis onquick foot movement and supple knees, so you'll also improve yourflexibility.
    • The focus onlower-body movementwill helpbuild leg muscles.
    • Concentration is key, so ice skating can bementally stimulating.
    • You can start young -Skate Tots is a training programme for pre-schoolchildrento enjoy.
    • Inclusive Skating is an organisation that is striving to make ice skatingaccessible, and they have devised a scoring sys

    How John Curry revolutionised figure skating for generations to come