American figure skater Ilya Malinin said his world champion status puts pressure on him after winning the US Grand Prix Skate America. “Soviet sport” Referring to Golden Skate.
“Today I am proud of my skating and happy that I was able to achieve success. Being world champion puts extra pressure on me. We have to learn to deal with it,” said Malinin.
Malinin took first place in men’s single skating at the World Championships in Montreal (Canada) in 2024. According to the results of the two programs, he broke the world record by scoring 333.76 points. During his performance at the championships, Malinin performed six quadruple jumps. Although Japanese representative Yuzuru Hanyu has made attempts (including at the 2022 Olympic Games), no figure skater in the world before him had managed to perform the pure quadruple axel.
Japanese Yuma Kagiyama came second in the world championships. He has 309.65 points. The top three winners were closed by French representative Adam Xiao Him Fa (284.39 points).
Previously Evgenia Medvedeva It was published Photo with Malinin.
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Source: Gazeta
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