Honored Coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova told that the US representative Ilya Malinin is a gold medal contender at the World Figure Skating Championships.
The competitive part of the tournament in Montreal (Canada) will take place from March 20 to 23. Malinin won an ISU Grand Prix stage, the series finals and the U.S. Figure Skating Championships this season.
— Malinin’s main competitor is probably Adam Xiao Him Fa. Ilya is a contender for victory at the World Championship. I don’t expect a quad axel on the program from him: he jumps in training, but he won’t put it on the program, I think. Of course, I will follow the tournament,” Tarasova told .
Russian athletes will miss the tournament due to the decision of the International Skating Union.
Source : MatchTV
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