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.