Teenager Ilia Malinin won his first US figure skating championships title
Malinin, who has the Instagram handle “quadg0d” and became the first skater ever to land a quadruple Axel in competition last year, took gold in San Jose, California, with 287.74 points, ahead of Jason Brown in second and Andrew Torgashev in third. He was unable to execute the quad Axel in the free skate and landed two other planned quads as doubles, but nevertheless finished 10.43 points ahead of two-time Olympian Brown.
Malinin entered this year’s competition at SAP Center as the strong favorite and duly moved into the lead when he scored a personal best of 110.36 points in the short program. After falling on his quad Axel attempt in the free skate, Malinin recovered to land three consecutive quads and finished with a score of 177.78. The veteran Brown, competing for the first time since placing sixth at the Olympic last year, produced a near-flawless execution of his free skate program to score 177.
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