Russian figure skater Nikolai Ugojaev declared that his reference in the sport is Ilya Malinin.
– My idol? Of course, Malinin. He is the best jumper in the world and a program with such jumps always looks very good. Adam Xiao also likes Him Fa – in terms of sliding, depending on the programs. Yuma Kagiyama slides wonderfully, but Adam’s skating is more attractive. It seems to me that he takes more difficult steps and manages them perfectly. I need to grow and grow in terms of sliding before these skaters,” Ugozhaev said, as quoted by RT.
Malinin is 19 years old, he is the current world champion, winner of the finals and stages of the Grand Prix. He represents the United States and is the first skater in the world to cleanly execute a quadruple axel at international tournaments. Malinin was born in the United States to the family of figure skaters Tatyana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who competed for Uzbekistan.
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