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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Ilia Malinin laid in the middle of the ice at ... skate to win his third consecutive national championship at INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas. Ilia Malinin lands the quad axel on his way ...

Ilia Malinin laid in the middle of the ice at ... skate to win his third consecutive national championship at INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas. Andrew Torgashev landed a pair of quads during ...

Ilia Malinin is the favorite to defend his world title in Boston in March, and just maybe at the Winter Olympics in Milan next year.

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.