Olympic, Paralympic weekend recap: U.S. crushes Grand Prix Final, Jessie Diggins makes 4th Games - NBC Sports
The U.S. won three of the four Grand Prix Final figure skating titles.
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Olympic, Paralympic weekend recap: U.S. crushes Grand Prix Final, Jessie Diggins makes 4th Games
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Published December 8, 2025 01:15 PM
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In Olympic and Paralympic sports this weekend, reigning world champions Ilia Malinin, Alysa Liu and Madison Chock and Evan Bates claimed titles at the Grand Prix Final, the most prestigious international figure skating competition this season before the Olympics.
Malinin lived up to his “Quad God” nickname by becoming the first skater to land seven clean quadruple jumps in one program in history. He rallied from a third-place short program to break his own world record free skate score and win by a convincing 29.88 points over Yuma Kagiyama of Japan, his closest challenger in recent seasons.
Malinin’s two-year win streak is up to 13 events in a row, matching the longest streak of 2022 Olympic gold medalist Nathan Chen’s career.
Men’s Grand Prix Final: Malinin storms back for third straight title as Kagiyama, Sato complete podium
Ilia Malinin won his third consecutive Grand Prix Final title in Nagoya, Japan.
By contrast, Liu narrowly edged Ami Nakai of Japan by 1.6 points for the women’s title. Last year, Liu returned from a two-year retirement, went into March’s World Championships seeded eighth in the field by best score for the season and became the first U.S. women’s singles skater to claim a world title in 19 years.
This year, she went into the Final seeded fifth in the six-woman field by best score for the season. While Liu skated relatively clean, the other top women each made at least one significant mistake. There are currently several Olympic medal contenders, including Final fourth-place finisher and two-time U.S. champion Amber Glenn. Liu hopes to add a triple Axel by January’s nationals (a jump performed by some other top women, including Glenn), which could be significant come Milan.
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