The world of competitive figure skating is back, The U.S. Figure Skating Championships will take place this weekend in Wichita, Kansas, and will be carried on NBC, Peacock, and USA Network.

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

Starr Andrews — 185.97 7. Josephine Lee — 182.69 8. Elyce Lin-Gracey — 179.229. Sonja Hilmer — 178.54 10. Logan Higase-Chen — 175.8211. Mia Kalin — 168.4312. Lindsay Thorngren — 159.8813. Alexa Gasparotto — 151.

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.

The Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships air live this week from Wichita, Kansas, on NBC Sports, USA Network and Peacock. The field includes every national champion from last January: Ilia Malinin, Amber Glenn, ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates and the pairs’ team of Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea.

World champion Ilia Malinin leads by the largest margin in U.S. Figure Skating Championships history after the men’s short program, seeking a third consecutive national title.

Amber Glenn defended her title as the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, landing a massive triple axel early in the program and then watching in stressful anticipation as Alysa Liu came up just short of surpassing her.

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

He had been competing at the U.S. figure skating championships in Wichita, Kansas from Jan. 20-26, according to the event's website. The couple were reported to have been returning from the competition and travelling with a group of young skaters.

The US Figure Skating association confirms "several members of the skating community" were on board the flight, which was arriving from Kansas.

We are devastated by this unspeakable tragedy and hold the victims’ families closely in our hearts,” a statement from U.S. Figure Skating said.