American figure skater with Russian roots Ilya Malinin took bronze at the World Championships
Ilya Malinin, an American figure skater with Russian roots, won the bronze medal in men’s singles at the 2023 World Championships in Japan. This is reported by the correspondent of “Lenta.ru”.
The athlete scored a total of 288.44 points for two programs. The first place was taken by the Japanese Shoma Uno, who scored 301.14 points and became a two-time world champion. Silver went to the representative of South Korea Cha Jung Hwan (296.03).
Malinin was born in the United States in the family of figure skaters Tatyana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov. Athletes are natives of Russia, in the 1990s they began to represent the national team of Uzbekistan, since 1998 they have been living in the United States.
Russian skaters did not take part in the World Championships due to the sanctions of the International Skating Union (ISU). The ban for domestic athletes began to operate on March 1 last year.
Source: Lenta
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