BOSTON — Ilia Malinin landed a record-tying six quadruple jumps in his free skate, taking a repeat world title to cap an undefeated season. Malinin totaled 318.56 points between Thursday’s short program and his “I’m Not a Vampire” free skate Saturday, running his win streak to nine events dating to December 2023.

US star Ilia Malinin defended his world figure skating title on Saturday with a dominant display on the ice inside Boston’s packed TD Garden.

Liu scored a 222.97 to complete her improbable return from retirement with a world championship Friday at TD Garden.

The United States is heading into the Olympic year with its most decorated and deepest pool of figure skaters in decades. If ever.

Liu became the first American women’s figure skating world champion in nearly two decades, dethroning three-time defending champ Kaori Sakamoto with a brilliant free skate Friday night. Her program to a rendition of “MacArthur Park” by Boston native Donna Summer earned her a standing ovation, and allowed Liu to finish with 222.97 points.

A 25-year-old from Plano, Texas, who was unbeaten heading into worlds, Glenn landed that same triple axel in her free skate. She made a minor mistake on her triple lutz-double toe combination, and had to change up a couple of jumps for simpler options in the middle of the program, but she still posted a solid free-skate score of 138.00 points.

The 2025 World Figure Skating Championships continue on Friday with two events. Earlier in the day, they started with ice dance and rhythm dancing, now we get the Women's Free Skate on Friday night. Tune in on Friday to NBC to catch the ice dancing action.

Day 3 of the 2025 ISU World Figure Skating Championships came to an end on Friday, with some hardware handed out. U.S. skater Alysa Liu wrapped up a stellar free skate performance, earning a gold medal and becoming the first American women's figure skating world champion since 2006.