“This is a record that will last a lifetime, for many years, even centuries.” Tarasova – about Malinin’s quadruple axel

Honored Coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova told that the American figure skater’s record Ilya Malinin can last for centuries.

On Thursday, the 19-year-old skater received 106.90 points for his skating in the ISU Grand Prix Final in Beijing. Malinin was the first in history to cleanly execute a 4.5-turn axel during a short program; the judges counted this element.

“This is a record that will last a lifetime, for many years, even centuries.” No one in the world has yet managed to repeat her record, no one has even tried,” Tarasova told .

Malinin was born in the United States to the family of Russian figure skaters Tatyana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov. They performed at union and Russian tournaments, and then represented Uzbekistan.