Ilia Malinin, 18, the son of Olympic skaters and master of the quadruple jump, provides a glimpse into the future at the U.S. figure skating championships.

Malinin's free skate put an exclamation mark on the first world championships to be held in the U.S. since 2016, and marked the start of what will be a pivotal offseason for the world's best ...

Figure skating phenomenon Ilia Malinin defended his title at Skate America on Saturday with a personal-best score of 310.47 points in the season-opening Grand Prix. The 18-year-old, who last year ...

Ilia Malinin laid in the middle of the ice at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Sunday as everyone else stood in ovation. He has that effect on people. In another stunning display of ...

Ilia Malinin, of the United States, celebrates during a medal ceremony for men's free skating at the figure skating world championships, Saturday, March 29, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) ...

SAN JOSE, California -- Ilia Malinin figures people thought of him as a just another guy a year ago when he made his senior debut at the U.S. Championships with two dazzling performances to finish ...

MONTREAL – Ilia Malinin stood on the edge of the Bell Center ice late Saturday night, with figure skating’s world championship there to be seized, and he told himself to take it. “I wanted ...

Originally, Ilia Malinin was the Lutzgod. He created that Instagram handle, named after the second-hardest jump in figure skating, at age 13 in 2018. Later in his early teens, Malinin landed his first ...

SAN JOSE — Ilia Malinin had just won his first U.S. figure skating championship — had won it easily, in fact. But as he finished his free skate Sunday, he glumly pulled himself off the ice ...

Malinin defended his world title in mesmerizing and dominant fashion at the 2025 world championships in Boston, landing six quads during his free skate before laying in the middle of the ice, then ...