MOSCOW, March 21 Belgian Luna Hendricks is in the lead after the short program at the World Figure Skating Championships, which takes place in Montreal, Canada.
The current European champion scored 76.98 points for her performance. The second place goes to American Isabeau Levito (73.73), the third place goes to the representative of South Korea Lee Hae In (73.55).
Representing Georgia, Togliatti native Anastasia Gubanova (58.66), who is the 2023 European champion, is 20th.
Women's free program will take place on Saturday night.
The Council of the International Skating Union (ISU) on March 1, 2022, against the backdrop of events in Ukraine, suspended Russian and Belarusian figure skaters, speed skaters and short track speed skaters from participating in international tournaments.