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Malinin soars to second straight men's world title in Boston
Bangkok Post
|March 31, 2025
Ilia Malinin dazzled with six quadruple jumps, including a quadruple Axel, in his closing free skate on Saturday to win his second straight men's figure skating world title.
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The 20-year-old, known as the "Quad God," had teased the prospect of seven quadruple jumps in the free skate, but even though he landed one of them it was a sparkling performance at a packed TD Garden -- where his final score of 318.56 point put him 31.09 points clear of silver medalist Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan.
Malinin, the only skater to complete a quadruple Axel in competition, landed all six types of quadruples, adding a quad flip, quad Lutz, quad Salchow, a quad toe loop and the quad loop that had been giving him trouble.
He doubled one planned quadruple jump but by the time he delighted the crowd with a late back flip it didn't matter in the least.
"I was definitely proud because I finally got this one done," Malinin said, who earned 208.15 for his free skate. "It was OK.
This story is from the March 31, 2025 edition of Bangkok Post.
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