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☆ Ilia Malinin: Record-breaking American teen lands quadruple axel as he wins first ever World Figure Skating title
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —For every other figure-skater, landing a quadruple axel lies outside the realms of possibilities, attempted but never accomplished by an endless parade of skating greats. For American teenage prodigy Ilia Malinin though, they are simply part of his routine. And landing one on Saturday propelled him to his first ever world title after a record-breaking performance in the free skate at the World Figure Skating Championship. I am so glad to be here on top right now.”Ilia Malinin won his first world title. His gold medal was the US’s second at this World Championships after Madison Chock and Evan Bates won the ice dance earlier on Saturday.

Persons: axel, Ilia Malinin, –, ” Malinin, “, ” Ilia Malinin, Mert Alper, France’s Adam Siao Him, ’, Malinin, Madison Chock, Evan Bates Organizations: CNN, International Skating Union, Anadolu Agency, Madison Locations: “, Japan’s Kagiyama Yuma

Ilia Malinin established such a big lead after his peerless short program at the U.S. After starting his program with a textbook quad axel — a jump only Malinin has landed in competition — he doubled a planned quad loop, fell on a quad lutz and doubled another planned quad. He followed with a perfect quad lutz before a mistake on his planned quad loop, which he turned into a double that appeared to slow down his momentum. Malinin recovered to land a quad salchow before falling on his quad lutz. The 29-year-old Brown, performing his “The Impossible Dream” program from last year, opened with two brilliant triple axels — one in sequence with a double — after missing the same jump during his short program.

Persons: Ilia Malinin, axel —, lutz, ”, ” Malinin, Jason Brown, Malinin, axel, Roman Skorniakov, “, Brown, Tracy Wilson, ” Brown, Giacomo Puccini, Pulkinen, ” Pulkinen, Emily Chan, Spencer Howe, Ellie Kam, Danny O'Shea, Valentina, Maximiliano Fernandez, Chan, Howe, Madison Chock, Evan Bates, Christina Carreira, Anthony Ponomarenko, Emily Bratti, Ian Somerville, Amber Glenn, Isabeau Levito, ___ Organizations: peerless, U.S, Camden, HBO, Nationwide, Skate America, Prix de France, Skating, Madison Locations: Columbus , Ohio, Montreal, U.S

☆ Ava Marie Ziegler enjoys surprise win to lead American 1-2 in major international figure skating competition
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —American teenager Ava Marie Ziegler won her first ISU Grand Prix Figure Skating title, as she sealed victory at the NHK Trophy in Osaka, Japan following a sparkling routine in the free skate. “I really used my fifth-place result yesterday to motivate me because I know that I could do better and I really used it to push me to be the best that I could be,” Ziegler said, according to the International Skating Union. It (this result) definitely helped with my confidence.”Ava Marie Ziegler of the United States reacts to her score. Toru Hanai/International Skating Union/Getty ImagesHer free skate routine yielded a personal best of 138.46 points, and she scored 200.50 points overall, breaking the 200-point mark for the first time in her career. While Ziegler and Thorngren have not qualified for the final, their compatriots Isabeau Levito and Ilia Malinin will represent the USA in the women’s and men’s singles, respectively.

Persons: Ava Marie Ziegler, Lindsay Thorngren, Belgium’s Nina Pinzarrone, Thorngren, axel, “, ” Ziegler, ” Ava Marie Ziegler, Toru Hanai, Ziegler, Isabeau Levito, Ilia Malinin Organizations: CNN, ISU, NHK, International Skating Union, Skating Union, Getty Locations: Osaka, Japan, United States, Beijing, China, USA

ANGERS, France (AP) — Isabeau Levito's quest for a first Grand Prix victory is over. The 16-year-old American figure skater won the Grand Prix de France on Saturday with a total of 203.22 points for her two programs. Teenager Levito had previously claimed four runner-up finishes at other Grand Prix events, including at Skate America last month. The Grand Prix de France is the third of six events in the ISU Grand Prix series. The best skaters qualify for the Grand Prix Final in Beijing from Dec. 7-10.

Persons: Nina Pinzarrone, Rion Sumiyoshi, Levito, Ilia Malinin Organizations: Prix de France, Japan, Skate America, ISU, Paris Locations: ANGERS, France, Belgium, Beijing, paris

☆ Isabeau Levito, 16, wins first major international figure skating competition
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Aimee Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —American teenager Isabeau Levito has won her first senior major international figure staking competition, claiming the Grand Prix de France title on Saturday to set up a potential US clean sweep this weekend. Despite finishing third in the Free Skate, the 16-year-old’s overall total of 203.22 was enough for victory and qualification to December’s Grand Prix Final. Thankfully for Levito, the top three from the Short Program all failed to dazzle on Saturday. Grand Prix de France is the third of the six Grands Prix of the season. The 18-year-old is in first place after the Short Program.

Persons: Isabeau Levito, Belgium’s Nina Pinzarrone, Rion Sumiyoshi, “, I’m, ” Levito, Levito, Ashley Wager, Ilia Malinin Organizations: CNN, Prix de France, Prix, Skate, NBC, Skate America Locations: Japan, Angers, France

☆ Ilia Malinin breaks 300-point barrier with personal best score to retain Skate America title
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Aimee Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Figure skating phenomenon Ilia Malinin defended his title at Skate America on Saturday with a personal-best score of 310.47 points in the season-opening Grand Prix. Performing his free skate to the title music of the hit TV show “Succession,” Malinin landed four quad jumps. Malinin competes in the men's free program at Texas Events Center. Chris Jones/USA Today Sports/ReutersHis score was better than his previous best overall score of 288.44, achieved at the World Championships this year where he won bronze. “I wasn’t expecting to skate this well, especially with the pressure that I was facing.

Persons: Ilia Malinin, ” Malinin, Malinin, Chris Jones, Kevin Aymoz, Japan’s Shun Sato Organizations: CNN, Skate America, Credit Union of Texas, Texas Events, USA, Sports Locations: Allen , Texas

American figure skater Ilia Malinin began his Grand Prix season in a familiar place. I was not expecting that,” said Malinin, who won both of his Grand Prix assignments in his senior debut last season. The competition resumes Saturday with the men's and pairs free skates, the rhythm dance and the women's short program. Then came the quad lutz, the second-hardest jump behind the quad axel, and Malinin combined it with a triple toe loop to drive up his score. His triple axel looked easy given he is perfectly capable of doing a quad.

Persons: Ilia Malinin, Malinin, Kevin Aymoz, Shun Sato, ”, Annika Hocke, Robert Kunkel, Lia Pereira, Trennt Michaud, Ernesto Lecuona, axel, “, ” Malinin, Pereira, Michaud, Chelsea Liu, Balasz Nagy, Isabelle Martins, Ryan Bedard, Hocke, —, we’re Organizations: Skate America, Credit Union of Texas, Trennt Michaud of Canada, lutz, Shanghai Trophy, Paris Locations: Fairfax , Virginia, Allen , Texas, France, Japan, Germany, Cuban, paris

☆ Ilia Malinin: The American teenage ice skating phenomenon making history
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —American teenager Ilia Malinin landed the second ever quadruple axel in competition on Saturday without so much as a wobble. Malinin had become the first person ever to complete a quadruple axel in competition last month during the US International Figure Skating Classic, a lower-level event. But still, he was unsure whether to incorporate figure skating’s most difficult move into his free skate routine at Skate America. Meanwhile, reigning Olympic champion Nathan Chen has successfully landed every other type of quadruple jump except for the axel. And so, when Malinin – the junior world champion – landed a jump that had eluded so many before him, it marked a remarkable moment in figure skating history.

☆ Malinin lands another quadruple axel for Skate America gold
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Oct 22, 2022; Norwood, Massachusetts, USA; Ilia Malinin (USA) performs in the men's free program at Tenley E. Albright Performance Center. Mandatory Credit: Eric Canha-USA TODAY SportsOct 23 (Reuters) - American Ilia Malinin landed only the second quadruple axel in competitive figure skating history at Skate America on Saturday, a month after he executed the move for the first time at a lower-level event. read moreSkating to "Euphoria" by Labrinth, he repeated the feat to thunderous applause during his free skate at his senior Grand Prix debut to take gold. Malinin had previously said that he was inspired by double Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu, who unsuccessfully attempted the quadruple axle during his free skate at the Beijing Olympics. Skate America is the first of six events in the International Skating Union Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series.

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