Ilia Malinin is the only person in figure skating history to successfully land the quad axel in international competition.

Malinin landed six quadruple jumps, including the quad Axel, on his way to claiming gold in BostonIlia Malinin, the ...

He won comfortably by 31.09 over Mikhail Shaidorov, a 20-year-old from Kazakhstan who had four quads in a personal best free ...

The Fairfax, Va., native changed his jump layout on the fly, landing six quadruple jumps, including the Axel, in the free ...

The American sensation landed six quad jumps to repeat as world champion and cement his status as the Olympic favorite.

On Saturday the U.S. figure skating star became the men’s world champion for the second straight year. To get there, he had ...

US star Ilia Malinin defended his world figure skating ... skate which was greeted by a standing ovation by those inside the ...

Malinin looked all but invincible in Boston as he defended his world championship with ease, but he knows there’s room for ...

U.S. skater Ilia Malinin clinched his second world title with an impressive six quadruple jumps in Boston, setting the stage ...

BOSTON — Ilia Malinin could attempt as many as seven ... which is a full point more than the second most difficult jump, the quad lutz. But skaters can also earn points for grade of execution ...

This means the quad axel actually consists of 4.5 rotations, rather than four. No skater has ever landed a quintuple jump. Tara Lipinski takes a closer look at Ilia Malinin’s quad axel by the ...