Ilia Malinin, the self-proclaimed “Quad God,” lived as much as his nickname by touchdown six quadruple jumps on his technique to profitable his second consecutive World Determine Skating Championship title.
The 20-year-old skater, who was born in Fairfax, Va., landed a quadruple Axel and 5 different quadruple jumps to say the lads’s title by a commanding margin. His rating of 318.56 factors was 31.09 factors forward of silver medalist Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan. Yuma Kagiyama from Japan struggled within the free skate however hung onto the bronze.
“I used to be simply actually skilled. I simply needed to offer it my all and actually combat for each factor,” Malinin mentioned after his victory. “I actually really feel like I did that right here.”
Malinin’s teammates Jason Brown completed in eighth place, making certain Crew USA three berths at subsequent yr’s Olympics in Milano Cortina, Italy.
Malinin’s horror-themed program to “I am Not a Vampire” culminated with a again flip on the finish, a brand new transfer allowed by the Worldwide Skating Union this season. His routine wasn’t excellent — a Lutz was doubled within the second half of this system — however his technical dominance nonetheless simply gave him the victory.
Because the two-time and reigning world champion, Malinin heads into subsequent yr’s Olympics because the heavy favourite.
Malinin completed second behind Nathan Chen on the 2022 U.S. Determine Skating Championships, however the organizing committee didn’t identify him to the 2022 Olympic workforce, as an alternative sending Vincent Zhou and Brown. Chen gained gold on the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
Along with his victory in Boston, Malinin joins different American world champions together with the late Dick Button, Hayes Alan Jenkins, David Jenkins, Tim Wooden, Scott Hamilton, Brian Boitano, Todd Eldredge, Evan Lysacek and Chen.
Earlier within the day, Individuals Madison Chock and Evan Bates gained the ice dancing competitors for the third consecutive yr. Alysa Liu claimed the ladies’s title on Friday evening, with Crew USA profitable three out of the 4 occasions.
The final time the U.S. gained gold in each the lads’s and ladies’s disciplines was Todd Eldredge and Michelle Kwan in 1996.
