Honored Coach of Russia Alexander Zhulin appreciated the victory of American figure skater Ilya Malinin at the 2024 World Championships, drawing attention to the fantastic level of the athlete. His words guide the way Sports24.
“This is really awesome! Malinin did an incredible thing, he showed the highest level! Russians cannot be defeated! I think if all our guys were there they would be fighting for all three of the highest levels,” Zhulin said.
Malinin took first place in men’s single skating at the World Championships held in Montreal (Canada). According to the results of the two programs, he broke the world record by scoring 333.76 points. Yuma Kagiyama of Japan came second at the World Championships. He has 309.65 points. The first three winners were closed by French representative Adam Xiao Him Fa (284.39 points).
Malinin completed six quadruple jumps during her performance at the World Championships. Before him, no figure skater in the world had managed to perform a quadruple axel.
Malinin grew up and studied in the United States all her life. His parents are figure skaters Tatyana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who competed for Uzbekistan in the USSR and Russian championships and internationally.
Previously Malinin acceptedHe said he was shocked by his victory at the World Championships.