entries per discipline. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria. Countries which qualified more than one country per discipline: Due to the large number of competitors, the men's, ladies', and ice dancing competitions required a preliminary round prior to the main competition. The top 12 men and ladies advanced to the short program and the top 10 ice dancing teams advanced to the short dance. Entries 195 athletes from 44 countries were scheduled to participate. Schedule (Moscow time, UTC+4) Sunday, April 24 Official practices Monday, April 25 14:00 Qualification round: Men Tuesday, April 26 12:00 Qualification round: Ice dancing 15:30 Qualification round: Ladies Wednesday, April 27 13:00 Men's short program 18:30 Pairs short program Thursday, April 28 13:30 Men's free skating 18:30 Pairs free skating Friday, April 29 13:30 Ladies short program 18:30 Short dance Saturday, April 30 13:30 Ladies' free skating 18:30 Free dance Sunday, May 1 14:00 Exhibitions Results PR: Preliminary round Men Patrick Chan won the short program with a record score, while Nobunari Oda placed second and defending champion, Daisuke Takahashi, third. Chan also set record free skating and total scores to win his first World title, after previously winning two silvers. Takahiko Kozuka won his first medal at the World Championships, his previous best result being 6th in 2009. Artur Gachinski, the 2010 Junior World bronze medalist, won the bronze medal, becoming the first men's skater to medal at his senior Worlds debut since Evan Lysacek had done so in 2005; both won a bronze medal in Moscow. In the men's free skating, Brian Joubert slashed his hand on his skate blade and left drops of blood all over the ice; he completed the program but later required medical attention. Also during the free skating, a screw in Daisuke Takahashi's skate came loose on his first jump. He was able to get it repaired and resumed his program within the three minutes allowed. Oda ruined his chances of a medal by doing an extra triple jump, resulting in a loss of 13 points. Florent Amodio used music with lyrics, which is not allowed in competitive skating with the exception of ice dancing. He was not given the normally required one-point penalty because not enough judges voted for it. Ladies 2010 Olympic champion Kim Yuna won the short program while Miki Ando placed second. Ando was first in the free skating to win