1973 World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.
The 1973 championships took place on February 26 to March 3, 1973 in Bratislava, Slovakia, Czechoslovakia. The opening ceremony was held at the Philharmonic of Bratislava. The Chairman of the organising committee was Miroslav Cerveka.
It was Irina Rodnina's first World title with her new partner, Alexander Zaitsev after her previous partner Alexei Ulanov chose to skate with Lyudmila Smirnova. The music stopped during Rodnina/Zaitsev's free program but the pair successfully completed the program in silence and received a standing ovation.
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