Kaetlyn Osmond moved from fourth after the short program to win Canada’s first world title in 45 years after Olympic champion Alina Zagitova fell three times and short-program leader Carolina Kostner also struggled jumping.
Osmond, the Olympic bronze medalist, overcame a 7.54-point deficit to Kostner and won by 12.33 points over Japan’s Wakaba Higuchi, who was eighth after the short program. Another Japanese, Satoko Miyahara, took bronze.
“To be able to make the podium was my ultimate goal,” Osmond said. “I never thought being champion was possible.