For the first time since this global skaters’ waltz began in 1896, the US squad won three gold medals. Ilia Malinin, the “Quad God,” retained his men’s title with half a dozen quadruple jumps, including his signature Axel.

It's hard to imagine a better world championships for the American figure skating team, which captured gold in three of the four disciplines over the weekend for the first time in its history, and will take all of that momentum into an Olympic year.

World Figure Skating Championships continue on Saturday with two events. After starting the day with ice dancing and the free dancing, it's time for the Men's Free Skate.Tune in on Saturday to NBC to catch the Men's Free Skate.

Naumov lost his parents and skating coaches Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova in the Washington D.C. plane crash in January.

The figure skater lost his parents Evgenia "Zhenya" Shishkova and Vadim Naumov in the Jan. 29 crash between an American Airlines plane and U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter

NBC News' Stephanie Gosk reports on the special performance by figure skater Maxim Naumov, who dedicated his routine at the world figure skating championship to his parents, who lost their lives in the January mid-air collision in Washington,