Moreover, the fifth is deceiving; it followed the 2010 Olympics, when four of the nine men who beat Abbott in Vancouver did not compete at those worlds. (Abbott also was 11th at his first worlds, 2008, when he made the team after Evan Lysacek withdrew...

He's also one of the few skaters who has managed to maintain the balance between the performance quality that makes figure skating so entertaining and the tough physical tricks the system now demands. But he's never commanded the international respect...

JOSE (CBS / AP) — Rust will no longer be Johnny Weir and Olympic champion Evan Lysacek’s only worry if they come back. Jeremy Abbott proved he’s capable of contending with the best in the world — past and present — in winning his third title at the U.S....

Abbott, 26, who was born in Aspen and attended Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs, holds up his first-place medal Sunday. Jeff Chiu, The Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. Aspen native Jeremy Abbott proved he's capable of contending with...

JOSE, Calif. Jeremy Abbott proved he's capable of contending with the best in the world -- past and present -- in winning his third title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Sunday. Needing only to stay on his feet to claim the title, he put on...

Abbott competes in the Men's Free Skate during the 2012 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships at the HP Pavilion on January 29, 2012 in San Jose, California. Abbott won the Men's Competition. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) Rust will no...