Ilia Malinin Makes Figure Skating History with Quad Axel at Grand Prix Final
Originally Published 2 years ago — by The Guardian
American figure skater Ilia Malinin shocked the skating world by successfully landing the quadruple axel, the most difficult jump in figure skating, during the short program at the Grand Prix Finals. With this historic achievement, Malinin took the lead with a score of 106.90 points, surpassing two-time world champion Shoma Uno and Yuma Kagiyama of Japan. The absence of Russian skaters due to the ongoing war with Ukraine was notable. In the pairs competition, Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin of Germany took the lead, while the pairs competition overall remains wide open this season.