American figure skater Malinin set a record and became world champion for the first time
American figure skater with Russian roots Ilya Malinin set a record for scores for a free program at the 2024 World Championships in Montreal. The results are available on the ISU website.
The athlete scored 227.79 points and surpassed the achievement of American Nathan Chen, who had 224.92 points at the 2019 Grand Prix. Malinin became world champion for the first time in his career. The second place was taken by the Japanese Yuma Kagiyama, and the third by the Frenchman Adam Xiao Him Fa.
On September 15, 2022, Malinin performed a quad Axel cleanly for the first time in history at the US International Classic tournament. For an element whose base value is estimated at 12.5 points, the skater received 13.5 points. After that, he got into the Guinness Book of Records.
Malinin was born in the USA into the family of figure skaters Tatyana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov. The athletes are natives of Russia; in the 1990s they began representing the Uzbekistan national team, and since 1998 they have lived in the United States.
Source: Lenta
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