Sports agent Ari Zakarian told in an interview with how an American figure skater Ilya Malinin ran a clean Axel quad at a show in Japan.
Earlier, the 17-year-old Malinin attempted to land a quadruple axel in practice. At a show in Japan earlier in July, he also managed to do an element.
– How come it was Ilya who jumped the quadruple axel? I saw him try out the show a while ago – it’s just wow.
“I can tell you, by the way, how it went. We have completed the first two rounds. The first one – Fantasy On Ice – was generally stunning, it was just stunning, there wasn’t a single free ticket. It was simulcast in all theaters in Japan, it was very cool. Well, he flew to the third round, immediately went to training. It was like that, you know, not even training, just setting up the opening/closing. The ice was already “killed” everything. And then, after all these rehearsals, when the guys had already skated everything, Ilya stood up, stood up – and immediately did a quadruple lutz, a quadruple curl, a quadruple sheepskin-oiler- quadruple salchow. And then how he loaded the quadruple axel from the start! In general, without preparation, the first time.
The scene was unique, rarely happens. With such a wingspan, with such a height… It was incredibly beautiful. All the Japanese in the sub-rostrum jumped up to watch. Ilya is a unique person, of course. He jumped a lot of quadruple axes here, he showed them every day.
To date, no skater in the world has landed a clean quadruple Axel in competition. Unsuccessful attempts to make the element were made by Japanese Yuzuru Hanyu and Russian Artur Dmitriev.
Source : MatchTV
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