Ilia Malinin, the reigning world and ... of last week's national figure skating championships. Malinin, 20, lives and trains in Northern Virginia but was not aboard the flight.

Extending his recent run of dominance, the 20-year-old from Northern Virginia crushed his personal best in the short program at the U.S. championships.

Four days after he won his third consecutive U.S. figure skating title, Ilia Malinin normally would have put in four to six hours on the ice back at his home rink in Reston, Virginia.

Ilia Malinin laid in the middle of the ice at the ... The 20-year-old from Fairfax, Virginia, has won eight consecutive competitions since a second-place finish at the Grand Prix de France last ...

Ilia Malinin laid in the middle of the ice at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Sunday as everyone else stood in ovation. He has that effect on people.

WICHITA, Kansas -- Figure skaters often say they are competing only against themselves. That certainly has become the case for Ilia Malinin at the Prevagen U.S. Championships. The reigning world ...