His top international rivals try three or four quads in free skates.Malinin totaled 333.31 points, prevailing by 46.82 over runner-up Andrew Torgashev. They're joined on the three-man team for March's World Championships in Boston by two-time Olympian Jason Brown,

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

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

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.