#ilia-malinin

#ilia-malinin

It was at a relatively minor event in upstate New York in September 2022 that Ilia Malinin, the self-anointed Quad God who was fast becoming the biggest name in figure skating, finally landed the jump that so many people had thought impossible. Others had tried quad axels in competition over the years. All of them had fallen. That extra 180 degrees of rotation necessary for the only jump in skating that starts with a forward-facing entry proved to be a half-revolution too much.