US figure skating power couple makes history with record-breaking seventh national championship

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U.S. figure skating stars Madison Chock and Evan Bates made history on Saturday with their record-setting seventh U.S. Figure Skating title in their final competition before the Milan Cortina Olympics.

The three-time reigning world champions, performing a flamenco-style dance to a version of the Rolling Stones hit "Paint It Black" from the dystopian sci-fi Western show "Westworld," produced a season-best free skate and finished with 228.87 points.

"The feeling that we got from the audience today was unlike anything I’ve ever felt before," Chock said.

They’ll be the heavy favorites to win gold next month in Italy.

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Madison Chock and Evan Bates perform during ISU World Figure Skating Championships - Boston, at TD Garden, on March 28, 2025. (Jurij Kodrun - International Skating Union/International Skating Union via Getty Images)

"I felt so much love and joy," Chock continued, "and I’m so grateful for this moment."

U.S. Figure Skating will announce its selections on Sunday.

Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik were second with 213.65 points, and Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko were third with 206.95, making those two pairs the likely choices to join Chock and Bates on the American squad for the upcoming Winter Games.

The men’s medals also were to be decided on Saturday, though two-time world champion Ilia Malinin had built such a lead after his short program that the self-styled "Quad God" would have to stumble mightily to miss out on a fourth consecutive title.

The U.S. also has the qualifying maximum of three men’s spots for the Winter Games, and competition is tight between second-place Tomoko