Malinin lands first quad axel at US International Classic

[4everchan]

I was looking at the protocols... and noticed he had done it... I didn't have a live stream... those who did, how was the jump? Judges gave him positive GOE.

CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!

https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2022/csusa2022/FSKMSINGLES-----------FNL-000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

 

[ucrgirl]

That was amazing!

But I hope he stops training it. It seems like regular training a 4 Axel has to be hard on your body and it would be more interesting to me if he could compete consistently for the next 4 years.

I thought there would be a clip on YouTube but I cannot find one.

 

[Arriba627]

The spring in that jump was amazing. Hurts me just watching though. Be careful Ilia. Here it is:

 

[4everchan]

The spring in that jump was amazing. Hurts me just watching though. Be careful Ilia. Here it is:

thanks for posting it ! yup.. huge jump up !!! loves it

 

[Dr. Jenn]

Way to go, Ilia! What a great jump, with amazing height!

 

[Azikin]

As Ted would say, "Look at the height"! Looked easy, poor Yuzuru....

 

[zebobes]

Here's the whole skate! https://youtu.be/pI0J-a9fPTw
In addition to the Quad Axel, he also did two ground breaking combinations, 4Lz-Eu-3S (not executed great, his time on the 4Lz this week was a little off) and 3Lz-3A, which was his last jumping pass and executed absolutely flawlessly.

 

[anonymoose_au]

Aww I missed this whole thing!

Congratulations to Ilia! I saw a replay of the 4A on Twitter and he made it look easy wow!

QuadGod by name QuadGod by nature.

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Well done Ilia!
How exciting for him and all of men's figure skating!

 

[brens78]

It’s finally been done! No matter where he goes in his competitive career, he’ll always be the first to land a 4A in competition.

 

[16Olympics]

If you only watched his sp, you'd think he wasn't quite ready for the season but BOOM! Leads with the 4A and ends with 3 epic jumps and combos in the bonus period. Amazing. His father looked so happy and proud. Love seeing this so early in the season.

 

[surimi]

As Ted would say, "Look at the height"! Looked easy, poor Yuzuru....

That was embarrassingly unnecessary, don't you think? Let's see how Malinin does it at 26-7 years of age, and then let me hear you gloat and pass on judgements. I knew it would be a bad idea to check out this thread... Will avoid it now.

That said, congrats to Malinin. I'm not particularly interested in mega difficult jumps by anyone, so that's all I can say.

 

[Arriba627]

Just watched the video clip again. British Eurosport announcer, Chris Howarth, would have said "He could have changed a lightbulb while he was up there!"

 

[kolyadafan2002]

If you only watched his sp, you'd think he wasn't quite ready for the season but BOOM! Leads with the 4A and ends with 3 epic jumps and combos in the bonus period. Amazing. His father looked so happy and proud. Love seeing this so early in the season.

His lutz is a bit off, think Nathan went through a similar phase. When his timing is more consistent then I think the SP will come together.

 

[Amei]

Awesome job Ilia Malinin. Glad to see him hit it on his first competition attempt so there's no media speculation on will there be the first ratified quad axel today.

Question- can he now go for it in the SP for his required axel jump?

 

[4everchan]

Awesome job Ilia Malinin. Glad to see him hit it on his first competition attempt so there's no media speculation on will there be the first ratified quad axel today.

Question- can he now go for it in the SP for his required axel jump?

I don't think so. If I recall properly, the requirements say a 2a or a 3a .... but he could do it in the combo.

 

[Florian]

Congratulations to Ilia for writing a new chapter of figure skating history.

 

[kolyadafan2002]

I don't think so. If I recall properly, the requirements say a 2a or a 3a .... but he could do it in the combo.

He can also do it as a solo quad or combo quad I think, he just needs to have a double or triple axel type jump in addition to 4A.

 

[CanadianSkaterGuy]

Just unbelievable. History made and I’m so thrilled that he was able to put practice into competition. Congratulations to Ilia on the first quad axel! First ratified one, more specifically.

I wish this would get more coverage because it really is THE technical peak of figure skating. But Twitter and other forums seem to be unusually quiet about this news.

 

[sworddance21]

The spring in that jump was amazing. Hurts me just watching though. Be careful Ilia. Here it is:

It really is extraordinary. It just looks so EASY.