BOSTON - Canadian ice dancers Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje will go home from the world figure skating championships without a medal.

Skating to Max Richter's haunting "On the Nature of Daylight," the Waterloo, Ont., duo that was fourth after the short dance, scored 110.18 for a total of 182.01 points to move up to second with more competitors to come.

Weaver and Poje had been gunning for gold after winning world silver in 2014 and bronze last year. They arrived in Boston having won all but two competitions over the past two seasons.

Piper Gilles of Toronto and Paul Poirier of Unionville, Ont., fifth after the short dance, scored 102.37 for a total of 173.07 points.

Earlier Thursday, Gabrielle Dalemen of Newmarket, Ont., finished a best-ever eighth in the women's singles short program.

The 18-year-old reeled off three triple jumps en route to scoring 67.38 points.

American Gracie Gold is the leader going into Saturday's long program with 76.43 points. Anna Pogorilaya is second with 73.98, while her Russian teammate Evgenia Medvedeva was third with 73.76.