American Ilya Malinin became the first figure skater in history to land a quadruple axel during Wednesday’s competition at the US International Classic.
At the age of 17, Ilya Malinin succeeded with this jump at secondary international competitions in Lake Placid.
HISTORY WAS MADE❗️
Ilya Malinin planted the first ever ATV Axel uD83EuDD2F on #USIntlClassic pic.twitter.com/rppq73tQ5v
— US Figure Skating (@USFigureSkating) September 15, 2022
Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu, the 2014 and 2018 Olympic champion, aimed for a quadruple axel at the Beijing Olympics in February, but failed to land a full spin jump.
Ilya Malinin was close to selection for the Olympic Games in Beijing, but the American federation preferred Jason Brown.
At the 2022 World Championships in Montpellier in March, he was 4th in the short program and eventually finished 8th.
He is the junior world champion.
His parents, Tetiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, originally from Kazakhstan and settled in the US before he was born, were both high-level figure skaters, writes News.ro.
Source: Hot News RO
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