Honored coach of Russia Alexandre Jouline told that the American figure skater Ilya Malinin takes the level of figure skating to a completely different level.
Malinin won the first world championship title at the Montreal tournament, landing six quadruple jumps during the free program, including an Axel at 4.5 turns. The American also set a world record for most points scored in a free skate (227.79), beating Nathan Chen’s score (224.92) from 2019. At the same time, Chen continues to hold the world record for total points – 335.3. Malinin, 19, scored 333.76 in two rentals.
— From a technical point of view, Malinin is a genius. Reaching such a level at 19 years old, performing six quadruple jumps, including a quadruple axel, is simply phenomenal! Ilya takes figure skating to a completely different level,” Zhulin told .
Malinin was born in the United States to the family of figure skaters Tatyana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who competed internationally for Uzbekistan.
Source : MatchTV
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