After a one-month wait following the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, the 2011 world championships originally scheduled for Tokyo are under way in Moscow.
Prior to the catastrophe, Miki Ando looked like the favorite to win her second world title, having enjoyed an outstanding season that saw her win both Grand Prix events she entered as well as the national championships and Four Continents crowns.
Usually when an event is postponed, it favors the competitors who have been lagging in training or results, as it provides them with more time to prepare. So the conventional wisdom would say that both 2010 Olympic gold medalist Kim Yu Na and defending world champion Mao Asada might benefit the most by the delay.