U.S. Figure Skating Championships results for the men's, women's, pairs' and ice dance events in Wichita, Kansas.

Among those athletes competing in Wichita are former and hopefully future Olympians, many of whom are also defending national champions.

The U.S. worlds team was chosen during the U.S. national championships in Wichita over the weekend, and skaters are starting to put together their resume for the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics next February.

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.

An American Airlines jet carrying 64 people plunged into the Potomac River after colliding in midair with an Army helicopter on Wednesday night. Recovery teams had pulled more than two dozen bodies from the icy water,

Madison Chock and Evan Bates have matched a historic milestone in US ice dancing by winning their fourth consecutive and sixth overall national title at the US Figure Skating Championships. Their Saturday performance left them with a total of 223.

Led by Ilia Malinin, Americans are finding their form with world championships coming to Boston in March and Milan-Cortina Olympics a year away.

Earlier in the day, two-time defending U.S. champion and reigning world champion Ilia Malinin scored 114.08 points for his short program to take a big lead into Sunday's free skate. Andrew Torgashev was 20 points back in second and Jimmy Ma in third. The pairs championships also will be decided with their free skate Saturday night.

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,

Alysa Liu returned after two years away from figure skating to take the lead after the short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea lead after the short program at the Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships, looking to become the first pair to repeat as national champion in 11 years. Kam, 20, and O'Shea,

Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea made a fairly emphatic statement on Thursday night that they belong on the American team for next year's Winter Olympics, putting together a near-flawless