It looks like Malinin will be the man to beat at next year’s Olympics. / Erick W. Rasco/ Sports Illustrated Ilia Malinin had just won his second consecutive figure skating world championships ...

The self-proclaimed Quad God, Malinin could attempt as many as seven quads in his long program at the 2025 world figure skating championships.

Correction/clarification: A previous version of this story incorrectly reported that Ilia ... from Malinin, the 20-year-old from Vienna, Virginia, who will enter the 2026 Winter Olympics as ...

Ilia Malinin won his second consecutive World Figure Skating Championship men's title in front of a home crowd in Boston Saturday night. With his victory, he becomes the favorite to win gold at the ...

Maybe he is putting (out) effort, but to us, it looks effortless and really easy.“And it's not just his jumps. I feel like his skating and his artistry, his expression is getting better year by year, ...

BOSTON — Ilia Malinin was standing ... about that one,” said Malinin, the overwhelming favorite not just this week but for the upcoming Milano-Cortina Olympics. “Of course, I do feel ...

Ilia Malinin is him. “I was not expecting them ... In the era of social media, he has the potential to transcend the sport into pop culture relevance. The crowd on hand Thursday felt the ...

Malinin won last year's world championships by a whopping 24-point margin over Japan's Yuma Kagiyama. BOSTON — It was a little after 10 p.m. on Tuesday night when Ilia Malinin finally took the ...

Jurij Kodrun - International Skating Union/International Skating Union via Getty Ilia ... Malinin's teammates Jason Brown finished in 8th place, ensuring Team USA three berths at next year's ...

After Thursday’s short program at the World Championships, when he finished a close second to reigning world champion Ilia ... Malinin comes from a guy who won silver medals at the 2022 Olympics ...

BOSTON — It was a little after 10 p.m. on Tuesday night when Ilia Malinin ... attention of an Olympic cycle? Is a quintuple jump, maybe at some point, in the cards? Malinin's fellow competitors ...