U.S. Figure Skating Championships continued on Friday, as the Rhythm Dance and Women's Free Skate events took place in Wichita, Kansas.
Among those athletes competing in Wichita are former and hopefully future Olympians, many of whom are also defending national champions.
Led by Ilia Malinin, Americans are finding their form with world championships coming to Boston in March and Milan-Cortina Olympics a year away.
Amber Glenn repeated as U.S. figure skating champion, overtaking Alysa Liu by the second-closest margin under a two-decade-old scoring system. Glenn totaled 216.79 points between Thursday’s short program and Friday’s free skate in Wichita, Kansas. She turned a 5.45-point deficit to Liu after the short to a victory over Liu by 1.46 points.
Madison Chock and Evan Bates have been the best American ice dancers for years.Best in the world, too.They only served
Madison Chock and Evan Bates matched a United States record on Saturday, winning their sixth ice dance title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kan.
Madison Chock and Evan Bates won their sixth U.S. figure skating title, matching the record held by longtime standard-bearers Meryl Davis and Charlie White.
World champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates won a record-tying sixth U.S. ice dance championship — a decade after their first title. Chock, 32, and Bates, 35, topped Friday's rhythm dance and Saturday's free dance for 223.
U.S. Figure Skating Championships results for the men's, women's, pairs' and ice dance events in Wichita, Kansas.
Ilia Malinin finished with a total score of 333.31 on Sunday to secure his third straight national title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kan.