MOSCOW, March 25 Second day of the World Figure Skating Championships in Montpellier, France ended with free skates of pairs. The American duet Ashley Kane-Gribble/Timothy Leduc, who was second after the short program, could not complete the free skate. In the middle of the program, performing a parallel salchow, the figure skater fell to the ice and was unable to continue the program. The American even needed the help of doctors. She left the ice on a stretcher.Americans Alexa Knierim and Brandon Fraser won the doubles tournament. Silver went to the Japanese Riki Miura and Ryuichi Kihara. The bronze was won by Canadians Vanessa James and Eric Radford.
