COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Olympic gold medallist ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White will not compete at the world championships in Japan this month.
The Americans announced on Monday they would not defend their world title in Saitama on March 24-30. As for their competitive future beyond worlds, White says in a news release that “we will leave our options open.”
Alexandra Aldridge and Daniel Eaton will take their spot after finishing fifth at the U.S. Championships in January. Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue, who were fourth, are sidelined because Hubbell needs surgery on a torn labrum in her left hip.
Madison Chock and Evan Bates and siblings Maia and Alex Shibutani, who both finished in the top 10 at the Sochi Games last month, will also represent the United States in ice dance.