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American determine skater Ilia Malinin received his third consecutive Grand Prix Final in record-setting trend on Saturday in Nagoya, Japan.
Malinin turned the primary skater to land seven quad jumps in a single program. He additionally improved his personal world file for factors in an extended program by virtually 10 factors.
The 21-year-old from Virginia already was the one skater ever to land a quad Axel in a contest. On Saturday, he added a quad flip, quad loop, quad toe loop, quad Salchow and two quad Lutzes.
A two-time world champion, Malinin tried a seven-quad program on the 2024 Grand Prix Final in France however was unsuccessful.
His timing could not have been higher because it gave him momentum for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, the place the determine skating competitors begins Feb. 6. He enters because the gold medal favourite.
‘It was among the best skates that I’ve ever had,’ Malinin stated, per Olympics.com. ‘I actually went out on the ice and I needed to battle for each single component and I used to be so glad I used to be in a position to try this in entrance of the Japanese crowd. Without them, I do not suppose that will have been doable.’
He completed forward of two Japanese skaters, topping Kagiyama Yuma by virtually 30 factors. Sato Shun was third.
–Field Level Media