Enbert: “Malinin has phenomenal coordination and effects. 20% talent and 80% work”

Olympic silver medalist Alexandre Enbert told that the American figure skater Ilya Malinin succeeds more through work than through talent.

Malinin won the first world championship title at the singles tournament in Montreal, Canada, by performing six quadruple jumps during his free program, including a 4.5 Axel. The American also set a world record for most points scored on the second day of competition (227.79), beating Nathan Chen’s score (224.92) from 2019. At the same time, Chen continues to hold the world record for the total – 335.3 points. Malinin, 19, scored 333.76 in two rentals.

— Expected result and performance, Ilya has shown very difficult content recently. Many people wanted to see six quadruple jumps, Ilya did not keep fans and fans waiting.

– Do you understand how he constantly manages to improve?

— It’s clear he has phenomenal coordination and twist, as evidenced by his 4.5-turn axel. I think it’s 20% talent, 80% work. Without talent it would be difficult to show it, but we must remember that no donation can replace daily work and training,” Enbert told .

Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama won silver in the men’s tournament in Montreal (309.65), while bronze went to Frenchman Adam Xiao Him Fa (284.39).

Malinin was born in the United States to the family of figure skaters Tatyana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who competed internationally for Uzbekistan.