US Figure Skating Championships 2024: Final Results, Highlights and Reaction

Defending champion Ilia Malinin has claimed his second consecutive U.S. figure skating title.

Malinin led by 29.85 points over two-time Olympic champion Jason Brown to claim a gold medal Sunday at the 2024 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Columbus, Ohio.

In September 2022 Malinin became the first figure skater to land a clean and fully rotated quadruple Axel in competition.

On Sunday the skater, whose Instagram handle includes the nickname "quadg0d," included the signature four-and-a-half rotation jump during Sunday's free skate on his way to a gold medal.

Here's a look at the results and highlights from the final day of nationals.

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Championship Men: Free Skate (Top 5)

1. Ilia Malinin, Washington FSC: 294.35
2. Jason Brown, Skokie Valley SC: 264.50
   
3. Camden Pulklinen, SC of New York: 262.33
4. Maxim Naumov, SC of Boston: 260.50
5. Andrew Torgashev, Panthers FSC: 239.21

Full results available at usfigureskating.org.

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Highlights

Malinin fell during his free skate, but his lead was never in question. That's thanks to a historic lead after the short program.

The champion led by 18.85 points heading into Sunday, breaking a U.S. Figure Skating Championships short program record set by Olympic champion Nathan Chen.

He didn't attempt a quad Axel during the short, but landed his trademark move during the free skate.

Jason Brown's place on the podium was less assured. The 2015 U.S. national champion headed into the free skate in third place.

After a 264.50 free skate, Brown earned silver behind Malinin's gold for the second consecutive championship.

Next up is the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal, Canada from March 18 to 24.

Malinin, currently ranked the world No. 1, will seek to follow Nathan Chen and Dick Button as the third-youngest worlds winner in competition history.