The 2027 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the sport’s most prestigious national event, will take place January 7–10 at the Maverik Center. For four days, the country’s top skaters will chase national titles. Local fans will have a front-row seat to every jump, spin, and showstopping finish.
It’s also a homecoming of sorts. The championships haven’t been held in Utah since 1999, and a lot has changed since then. A whole generation of skaters has grown up, trained hard, and redefined what the sport looks like. This January, the state gets the chance to welcome them back in style.
U.S. champions will be crowned in four disciplines: women’s, men’s, pairs, and ice dance. Each brings its own flavor. Singles skating is all about power and precision, with athletes launching into gravity-defying jumps. Pairs teams pair big lifts and throws with split-second trust. Ice dance focuses on rhythm, footwork, and storytelling, often feeling closer to a ballroom performance than a sporting event.
Together, they make for a weekend packed with drama, artistry, and plenty of standing ovations.
Rising Stars With Big Momentum
Few skaters arrive in Utah with more buzz than U.S. National Team ice dancers Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik. Emilea grew up in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, where she first stepped onto the ice at age 5. She spent her early years competing as a singles skater before finding her true home in ice dance. Vadym’s path to the ice started even earlier. His grandmother introduced him to skating at age 3 in Ukraine, and he moved to the United States in 2016 at 14. He became a U.S. citizen in August 2025. The two launched their ice dance partnership in 2022 and train together in Novi, Michigan. Their bond goes well beyond the rink, too. Zingas and Kolesnik are a couple off the ice, and that natural chemistry shows in every program they skate.
“Maybe it was destiny, but I just knew Emi was the right choice for me,” Kolesnik said.”Skating with her, I felt something I didn’t feel with anyone ever before.”
Their 2025–26 season turned heads. Zingas and Kolesnik competed at the 2026 Olympics, brought home bronze at the 2026 World Championships, stood atop the podium at the 2026 Four Continents Championships, and took silver at the 2026 U.S. Championships. For a partnership only a few years in the making, that kind of season is rare. They head into January riding that wave, with a growing fan base and even bigger expectations.
The Road to 2030 and 2034
This year’s event means more than just a national title. The skaters competing in 2027 are already eyeing the 2030 and 2034 Olympic Winter Games, both of which we be held in Utah. The athletes stepping onto the Maverik Center ice this January could very well be the same ones returning to this state with Olympic gold on the line.
These championships signal a fresh chapter for U.S. figure skating. January’s competition will offer fans a first glimpse at the skaters who could define the sport for the next decade.
“I don’t think people understand how much commitment goes into it; oftentimes the final production that you see at competition has taken months to create and perfect,” Zingas said. “Our job is to make it look easy, and most teams do that well, but it is very challenging.”
Tickets for U.S. Figure Skating Championship Events
Tickets for championship-level events are on sale now.
https://usfigureskating.org/feature/2027USChamps
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