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.

Madison Chock and Evan Bates matched the U.S. record by winning their sixth ice dance national title on Saturday.

Madison Chock and Evan Bates are one program away from a record-tying sixth U.S. ice dance title. The two-time reigning world champions topped the rhythm dance at the Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Friday.

Madison Chock and Evan Bates easily topped second-place Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko for their fourth straight ice dance title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Photo by ...

Two-time defending world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates danced their way through three decades of popular American music on Friday night, and right into a big lead after the rhythm dance at the U.

Two-time defending world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates danced their way through three decades of popular American music on Friday night, and right into a big lead after the rhythm dance at the U.

and right into a big lead after the rhythm dance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Chock and Bates scored 92.16 points, nearly 10 more than second-place Christina Carreira and Anthony ...

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.

Glenn, a 25-year-old Texan, had a triple axel in her long program to come from behind to win gold at US nationals.

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.

They only served to underscore that fact on Saturday, when they won their fourth consecutive title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships ... second-place Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko.