Medal contenders for the world figure skating championships

 Men
 Ilia Kulik, Russia, Alexei Yagudin, Russia, Todd Eldredge, U.S.
 (Withdrawn -- Elvis Stojko, Canada, Philippe Candeloro, France)
 Women
 Michelle Kwan, U.S., Irina Slutskaya, Russia, Maria Butyrskaya, Russia, Tania Szewczenko, Germany.
 (W -- Tara Lipsinski, U.S., Nicole Bobek, U.S., Lu Chen, China, Surya Bonaly, France)
 Pairs
 Oksana Kazakova and Artur Dmitriev, Russia, Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, Russia, Kyoko Ina and Jason Dungjen, U.S.
 (W -- Mandy Woetzel and Ingo Steuer, Germany)
 Dance
 Angelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsyannikov, Russia, Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat, France, Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz, Canada.
 (W -- Pasha Grishuk and Evgeny Platov, Russia)