Nathan Chen: “Of course, Malinin is impressive and makes figure skating more interesting. It’s interesting to watch him.”

Double Olympic champion Nathan Chen said he was interested in watching Ilya Malinin because it increases interest in figure skating.

Malinin, 19, is the reigning world champion, winner of the Grand Prix Finals and stages. He represents the United States and is the first skater in the world to perform a clean quadruple axel at international tournaments. Malinin was born in the United States to figure skaters Tatyana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who competed for Uzbekistan.

— How do you find Ilya Malinin?

— Of course, he is impressive and makes figure skating more interesting. It is interesting to watch him.

— Are quadruple jumps possible?

– Possible, why not. Who knows? – a correspondent from reports Chen’s words.

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