Though he never competed himself, he grew up loving everything about skating. As a teenager, he spent his babysitting money on hard-to-get tapes of skating events until little towers of video boxes filled the house. He devoured every book about skating he could find at the library where his mother worked.

Amber Glenn and Alysa Liu battled for the women's singles title at the 2026 U.S. figure skating championships, and Glenn made it a three-peat.

Amber Glenn backed up her thrilling short program on Wednesday with a fearless free skate on Friday to win her third straight title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in her last major competition before next month's Winter Olympics in Italy.

ST. LOUIS — On the ice, Amber Glenn was putting together another brilliant free skate, landing the opening triple axel that has become her hallmark and eventually putting the final touches on a program destined to earn her a third consecutive U.S. Figure Skating title.