Five-time U.S. pairs champs win worlds

Meryl Davis and Charlie White won their second world title on Saturday afternoon, adding even more spice to a rivalry with Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir that is already the best thing going in figure skating.

Not only did the fivetime U.S. champions complete a perfect season, which included victories over the Canadians at the Grand Prix Final and Four Continents, they beat the Olympic champions in their hometown of London, Ontario, where Virtue and Moir are, as the public address announcer said, “local skating icons.”

With 189.56 points, Davis and White beat Virtue and Moir by 4½ points.

The women’s free skate was later Saturday.