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Post by Admin on May 6, 2022 20:16:48 GMT
This and That: Ilia Malinin's Quad Axel, Jamie Sale, Alena Kostornaia Interview & ISU Updates
22,476 views May 3, 2022 This week, Ilia Malinin broke the internet with his quad axel. And yet, Jamie Sale's interview shocked us more. Meanwhile, Alena Kostornaia spoke her truth about Team Tutberidze and the ISU announced that Russian skaters will not be permitted to participate in ISU-sanctioned events until further notice. We also discuss the age limit, 2022 Skate America being held at the Skating Club of Boston, and the impact of the upcoming ISU elections. It is another packed episode of 'This and That'.
American figure skater Ilia Malinin has shattered the world record in the short programme at the junior world championships on Friday.
Malinin scored 88.99 points with his programme set to David Cook's “Billie Jean” to take a big lead into the free skate.
The 17-year-old Malinin, dubbed the “Quad God” for his dynamic leaping ability, easily surpassed the previous record of 84.87 points that current world champion Shoma Uno set at the junior championships in 2015.
Malinin, who finished ninth at senior worlds last month, finished second to Olympic gold medallist Nathan Chen at the US championships in January.
But Malinin was passed over for the team that went to Beijing in favour of veteran Jason Brown, and is now considered a favourite to medal at the 2026 Winter Games in Italy.
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Post by Admin on May 7, 2022 1:15:20 GMT
Ilia MALININ USA | MEN FREE SKATING | Linz 2021 #JGPFigure 17,987 views Oct 9, 2021
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Post by Admin on May 7, 2022 20:23:46 GMT
Ilia MALININ USA | MEN SHORT PROGRAM | Linz 2021 #JGPFigure 12,349 views Oct 8, 2021
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Post by Admin on May 12, 2022 20:51:14 GMT
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Post by Admin on May 13, 2022 9:58:05 GMT
Ilia Malinin, the 17-year-old world junior champion from Virginia, landed what appeared to be a clean quadruple Axel, a jump that no skater has hit in competition, at a U.S. Figure Skating jump camp on Thursday.
“It was exhilarating witnessing the ease of #iliamalinin 4A today,” Tom Zakrajsek, a coach of other U.S. skaters, tweeted. “He did two of them and they were both clean, flat backwards. Mark my words the @isu_Figure will have to update their scale of values very soon.”
Malinin is already a renowned jumper whose Instagram handle is @quadg0d.
He previously posted video of a quad Axel without a clean landing. Other skaters have shared videos of landing a quad Axel with the aid of a harness in training. Others have attempted it in competition but not landed it clean.
The Axel is the lone quad jump yet to be landed clean in men’s competition.
Malinin took silver at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in January, hitting five clean quads (three different types) between two programs. He was passed over for the three-man Olympic team because of his lack of senior experience.
Then at junior worlds last month, he attempted four quads in his free skate, landing three clean.
Last December, two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu two-footed a quadruple Axel attempt landing at the Japanese Championships. The jump was well shy of the required four and a half rotations, so it was downgraded to a triple Axel, but it marked the best attempt in competition of any skater to that point.
At the Beijing Olympics, Hanyu fell on a quad Axel attempt. It was deemed under-rotated but not downgraded.
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