“I didn’t expect such a result” – figure skater Malinin about his victory in the Grand Prix stage in the United States

American figure skater Ilya Malinin commented on his victory at the first stage of the Grand Prix series of the current Skate America season, which takes place in Allen (USA), noting that he did not expect such a result.

Based on the results of the short and free programs, the 18-year-old skater received 310.47 points from the judges. Second place went to Frenchman Kevin Aymoz (279.09), third to Japanese Shun Sato (247.50). This is Malinin’s third Grand Prix stage victory in his career and second at Skate America.

“I didn’t expect such a result today.” I still have no words to explain how I feel. I spent so many hours (training), I think it really paid off because I spent a lot of time focusing on everything, trying to improve everything, trying to do as little as possible. possible errors in the program. And in general, I am very satisfied with my performance today,” Malinin said, as quoted by the ISU press service.

Malinin was born in the United States to the family of Soviet figure skaters Tatyana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who represented Uzbekistan in competitions.

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