US star Ilia Malinin defended his ... that I didn’t accomplish today.” As Malinin walked out in front of the capacity crowd for his free skate performance, holding a narrow lead after the ...

Ilia Malinin of Team USA is atop the leaderboard at the 2025 world figure skating championships after a dominant short ...

That was one of the first words to roll off the lips of Ilia Malinin ... really — is how Malinin was able to correlate this unexplained nervousness with his performance.

Now, his emotional performance is going viral, as are his poignant words about the close friends lost to the tragedy. […] ...

BOSTON — Ilia Malinin won a second ... But that’s the conundrum Malinin has created for himself at age 20 with his otherworldly jumping ability. Anything less than the unbelievable in every ...

Correction/clarification: A previous version of this story incorrectly reported that Ilia Malinin is the only person to land six quads in a program. Nathan Chen also has landed six quads in ...

who finished second to Ilia Malinin at the most recent U.S. championships, barely hung on to his quadruple toe loop on his first jumping pass but then turned in a terrific, energetic performance ...