Malinin delivered a record-breaking performance on Saturday.
Gold medalist Ilia Malinin of United States celebrates after competing in Men Free Skating during World Figure Skating Championships 2024 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on March 23, 2024. Ilia Malinin, 19, opens up about his history making-victory after winning his first world title.
Ilia Malinin of USA performs during Gala during the ISU World Figure Skating Championships at Bell Centre on March 24, 2024 in Montreal, Canada. Speaking to "Good Morning America" in an interview aired on Monday, the athlete, dubbed as "the quad god," recalled his performance over the weekend, calling it "one of the best skates of my career."
"But I'm just hoping that in the next few days, I'll finally start to realize that have actually happened," he added.Throughout Malinin’s four and a half minute masterpiece where he skated to the soundtrack from the hit HBO TV show "Succession," the live audience showed their support by cheering him on, which he said helped boost his confidence.
"I was really interested to try this piece of music," he explained. "It was something that I've never skated to before and it was a different style of skating, for me to try but I was looking forward to it. And I think that it really helped me boost my skating ability and to really progress and how I'm able to play around with different genres to improve my skating overall.
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