Olympic pairs silver medalists Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of China are the latest PyeongChang stars to pull out of the world figure skating championships, citing a stress fracture in Sui’s foot, according to Xinhua News Agency.
That means Sui and Han will not defend their 2017 World title in Milan, Italy, in two weeks.
Canadians Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford, the 2015 and 2016 World champions, are also out as they retired after taking bronze in PyeongChang.
That makes Olympic gold medalists Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot of Germany even bigger favorites.