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MOSCOW, Mar 24 American figure skaters Alexa Knierim and Brandon Fraser became winners in competition of sports couples at the World Championships in Montpellier, France. By the sum of the programs, they scored 221.09 points (76.88 points for the short program and 144.21 for the free program). The Japanese Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara (199.55; 71.58 + 127.97) were second, the Canadians Vanessa James and Eric Radford (197.32; 66.54 + 130.78) were third. The Americans, who were second after the short program Ashley Kane-Gribble and Timothy LeDuc were forced to withdraw due to an injury to their partner in a fall. Leduc at the Beijing Olympics was recognized as the first non-binary person in the history of the Games, non-binary people do not categorize themselves as «male» or «female», some of them prefer to be addressed using the pronoun «they». Knierim is an Olympic bronze medalist 2018 Games, in Pyeongchang she performed with her husband Chris Knierim. Together with Fraser, she won the silver medal of the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing. Against the backdrop of events in Ukraine, the International Skating Union (ISU) suspended athletes from Russia and Belarus from competitions under its auspices, including from the World Figure Skating Championships. In 2021, the Russians Anastasia Mishina and Alexander Gallyamov became the winners of the World Championship in pair skating. Russian figure skaters will perform at the Channel One Cup on March 25-27 in Saransk. The competition will consist of a jumping tournament, as well as short and free programs. The event will end with demonstration performances.