PRAGUE, March 28 (Reuters) - American Ilia Malinin returned to ⁠the pinnacle of his sport as he skated to a third worldtitle on Saturday and shrugged off the shock of an eighth-place finish ⁠at last month's Olympics.

Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron of France added their first world ice dance title to last month's Olympic gold ‌to cap a dream debut season.