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WICHITA, Kan. — Amber Glenn defended her title as the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, landing a massive triple axel early in the program and then watching in stressful anticipation as Alysa Liu came up just short of surpassing her. Glenn scored 216.79 points on Friday night, while Liu, the two-time national champ in the midst of a comeback from a two-year retirement, had 215.33 points. Earlier in the night, two-time defending ice dance world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates pranced their way through three decades of popular American music and into a big lead after the rhythm dance. The ice dance finale is on Saturday, when world champion Ilia Malinin also will be in action during the men's short program and the pairs title will be decided.
