Ilia Malinin is the only person in figure skating history to successfully land the quad axel in international competition.

The American sensation landed six quad jumps to repeat as world champion and cement his status as the Olympic favorite.

He won comfortably by 31.09 over Mikhail Shaidorov, a 20-year-old from Kazakhstan who had four quads in a personal best free ...

Ilia Malinin defended his world title with free skate that earned a standing ovation inside TD Garden on Saturday night, ...

Ilia Malinin walked toward the ice for his free skate at the world championships with the swagger of a conquering hero. Then ...

Now, his emotional performance is going viral, as are his poignant words about the close friends lost to the tragedy.

The Fairfax, Va., native changed his jump layout on the fly, landing six quadruple jumps, including the Axel, in the free ...

Ilia Malinin is him. “I was not expecting them ... The 20-year-old from Virginia, son of immigrants from Uzbekistan, is the face of figure skating and the biggest American men’s product ...

US star Ilia Malinin defended his world figure skating title on Saturday with a dominant display on the ice inside Boston’s packed TD Garden. In truth, Malinin simply made official what many ...

BOSTON — On the final day of the 2025 world figure skating championships in Boston, Ilia Malinin defended his title and cemented his place as the man to beat at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics.