In two weeks, American figure skating fans will turn to the 2016 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships to see who will represent the United States in the World Championships. While the United States waits, other countries have already held their national championships, and some big names continue to build towards a big season. Here are some notable results.

Russia:

Grand Prix Finals gold medalist Evgenia Medvedeva picked up where she left off by beating a group of world class skaters at the 2016 Russian National Championships. The 16 year old, who also took bronze at the European Championships last year, was emotional as she wins her first ever national championship.

“I can’t tell you how I feel now!” said Medvedeva. “I’m crazily happy because I won the national championship. That’s just great!”

Elena Radionova, the reigning bronze medalist at last year's World Championships, took home the silver while Anna Poroilaya took home the bronze. 2014 Olympic gold medalist Adelina Sotnikova returned to action after missing most of last season with an ankle injury. She finished 6th. Yulia Lipnitskaya, the darling of the Sochi Olympics who helped Russia secure a gold medal in the team event, continues to struggle following her Olympic success. After missing the Grand Prix Finals last season, she finished 7th at Nationals. Reigning World and European gold medalist Elizaveta Tuktamysheva had a very disappointing meet, finishing 8th She will not be returning to defend her European Championship. 

For Medvedeva, this gets her one step close to her 2016 goal, which is to win the European Championship. She knows she's going to have stiff competition when the event takes place at the end of January.

“I won’t say anything about the competition, because weak people don’t go into sports,” Medvedeva said “All competitors have a strong character."

Japan:

While Yuzuru Hanyu wasn't as solid as he was in his previous meets, he did more than enough to win his fourth straight National Championship in Sapporo. He finished more than 20 points ahead of Shoma Uno, but his score of 286.36 frustrated the reigning Olympic champion.

“I’m frustrated, seething even. I wasn’t overawed by the atmosphere or giving into the pressure, but it was definitely a bad performance,” Hanyu said via The Japan Times. “The most important thing is the world championships. I’ll keep going to make sure I don’t put in a performance like this again."

In the ladies side of the draw, Satoko Miyahara won her second straight National Championship. She was first after the short program and won the free skate, giving her the title with relative ease.

“I had some difficult moments, but I want to do my best at the worlds,” Miyahara said. “More and more, I want to add confidence and power in order to perform even better.”

She beat Wakaba Higuchi, a 14 year old who is ineligible to compete as a senior at the World Championships. Higuchi took home the bronze at the Junior Worlds last year, but will be eyeing a gold medal this time around.

“I was able to put on my best performance of the season, and do everything I had been working on in practice. This has been a confidence boost,” said Higuchi “With next year in mind, I have identified some things I need to address.”

Higuchi will be a senior by the time the 2017 World Championships come around.

Finishing in third place was three time World Champion Mao Asada, who was competing in her first National Championship since her return to action. Asada struggled in her short program, where she finished fifth, but finished second in the free skate to put her at third overall. She will be competing at the World Championships. Higuchi's ineligibility paved the way for Rika Hongo, the fourth place finisher, to also make the team for Worlds.

China: 

Jin Boyang, who made the Grand Prix Finals last season, won his third straight Chinese Championship easily. He won by over 70 points to clinch a place in the World Championships. The 18 year old won a silver medal at the World Juniors last year. Last season was his first year on the senior circuit, and he won a silver medal in both the Cup of China and the NHK Trophy. Boyang is expected to improve as he becomes more comfortable on the senior circuit, and could be a medal contender sometime in the near future. 18 year old Zhao Ziquan won the ladies division for her first gold medal at Nationals. Ziquan was the runner up the four previous years. She will be competing in her first World Championship.

United Kingdom:

Competing in her very first event as a senior skater, 16 year old Danielle Harrison won the British National Championship by a mere .09 points over 35 year old former champion Zoe Wilkinson. The score was so close that the announcer initally announced Wilkinson the winner before the error was detected. The United Kingdom does not automatically award the winner of their National Championship with a place in the European and World Championships, so both Harrison and Wilkinson will be waiting to see who is selected. Harrison has already been named as Great Britain's representative at the 2016 European Championship, but if she struggles in that competition, she may be replaced by Wilkinson for the Worlds. For the men, 26 year old Phillip Harris won his second straight British Championship and will be skating at the Euros for the second straight year.