Ilia Malinin leaves figure skating world in awe
World champion Ilia Malinin leads by the largest margin in U.S. Figure Skating Championships history after the men's short program, seeking a third consecutive national title. Malinin, the 20-year-old nicknamed the "quad god" and the only skater to ever land all six four-revolution jumps,
Among those athletes competing in Wichita are former and hopefully future Olympians, many of whom are also defending national champions.
Ilia Malinin won his third consecutive title at the 2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Sunday at Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas. He earned
Madison Chock and Evan Bates matched the U.S. record by winning their sixth ice dance national title on Saturday.
U.S. Figure Skating Championships continues into Saturday with a schedule that includes five total championship events.
U.S. Figure Skating Championships started to wind down on Saturday at Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas. Action continued with the Men's
Recent U.S. figure skating eras have, largely, been defined by one discipline at a time: the women’s singles champions of the 1990s and early 2000s, the ice dance boom of the late 2000s and early 2010s (not forgetting Evan Lysacek) and then Nathan Chen in the last two Olympic cycles.
He might've planned to land seven quads, but the reigning World champion romped to another national crown by hitting on six of them.
Madison Chock and Evan Bates have been the best American ice dancers for years. They only served to underscore that fact on Saturday, when they won their fourth consecutive title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and their sixth overall,