Alysa Liu won her first senior U.S. figure skating title at age 13. She retired at age 16. She has come back at age 19 and now leads after the short program at her first nationals in three years. Liu tallied 76.

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.

In return to the ice at the U.S. championships, the 19-year-old wins Thursday’s short program and offers hope for 2026 Olympics.

The country's best skaters are competing in Kansas this week with spots to the World Championships on the line

Amber Glenn has fought through mental roadblocks, injuries and finally reached a certain level of internal peace.

Madison Chock and Evan Bates, two-time world champions, are eyeing a record-tying sixth U.S. championship in ice dance, while reigning men’s world champion Illia Malinin is looking to make it three straight national championships.

A small, elite group of local skaters will be competing at the 2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, which run Monday through Jan. 26 in Wichita, Kan.

The week-long event kicked off at Intrust Bank Arena on Tuesday with junior and novice skaters beginning their competitions.

Alysa Liu delivered a brilliant and breathtaking short program in her return to the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Thursday night, taking a solid lead over Bradie Tennell and Amber Glenn.

That new version of Liu was plain in her 2 minutes, 50 seconds of sensitive skating to the Laufey song, “Promise,” which tells a love story similar to that of her relationship with the sport. There is a breakup with the promise of no future contact, until the realization that the love still is there.

For the first time in its 111-year history, the U.S. Figure Skating Championships are coming to Kansas. The best figure skaters in the country will