With world championships in March and the Milan-Cortina Olympics a year away, figure skater continues to push limits.

Ilia Malinin topped the Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships men's short program by the largest margin in history.

In his fourth appearance at the senior championships, Malinin’s scores for the short program (114.08), free skate (219.23) and total (333.31) were all his national personal bests. Torgashev had 286.49 and bronze medalist Camden Pulkinen 252.92. “It was a pretty good performance,” Malinin said.

He might've planned to land seven quads, but the reigning World champion romped to another national crown by hitting on six of them.

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

U.S. Figure Skating Championships started to wind down on Saturday at Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas. Action continued with the Men's

American figure skaters Amber Glenn and Ilia Malinin defend their U.S. Figure Skating gold medals at the 2025 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships, with the World Championships and 2026 Winter Olympics looming on the horizon.

"For Wichitans, and the region, this is going to be really a special, special week," Visit Wichita CEO Susie Santo said.

Here’s everything locals need to know about the rare chance to watch future Olympians compete right here in Wichita.

World champion Ilia Malinin cruised to his third consecutive U.S. Figure Skating Championship on Sunday, landing six of his seven planned quad jumps in the free skate.