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beaglelover

(3,484 posts) Tue Mar 26, 2024, 04:56 PM Mar 26

World Championship Men's Figure Skating Champion

If you all have not seen this performace yet, please click below.

Nineteen-year-old American superstar Ilia Malinin scored a record 227.79 in the free skate, winning his first world title by landing the best collection of jumps in one program in figure skating history. Malinin landed a quadruple Axel, quad Lutz, quad loop, quad Salchow, another quad Lutz and a quad toe loop, then finished his four-minute skate with a a triple Lutz-triple Axel finale.

The commentators said after the performance, that this performace was the best in figure skating history.

It's really is quite amazing. Can't wait to see where he goes in the future.

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World Championship Men's Figure Skating Champion (Original Post) beaglelover Mar 26 OP

A skate for the ages! GoreWon2000 Mar 26 #1

Thank you................... Lovie777 Mar 26 #2

Wow MiniMe Mar 26 #3

That is indeed an amazing skill.... FarPoint Mar 26 #4

I remember years ago a man won either the Olympics or the Worlds and he did not do a quad and there beaglelover Mar 26 #5

It was stunning in its athleticism Raven123 Mar 26 #6

Thx. Have been looking for this. yorkster Mar 26 #7

talk about performing under pressure....holy shit... bahboo Mar 26 #8

GoreWon2000

(78 posts)

1. A skate for the ages!

Reply to beaglelover (Original post)

Tue Mar 26, 2024, 05:02 PM

Mar 26

I did watch Ilia Malinin's skate at World's and it was a skate for the ages. I used to skate and I know how incredibly difficult Ilia's skate was. I agree with Tara Lipinski's description, "outer worldly". It was truly a skate for the ages and a skate that will be talked about for years to come. Bravo Ilia.

Lovie777

(12,262 posts)

2. Thank you...................

Reply to beaglelover (Original post)

Tue Mar 26, 2024, 05:12 PM

Mar 26

that ...................

was top of the line!

MiniMe

(21,716 posts)

3. Wow

Reply to beaglelover (Original post)

Tue Mar 26, 2024, 05:12 PM

Mar 26

FarPoint

(12,368 posts)

4. That is indeed an amazing skill....

Reply to beaglelover (Original post)

Tue Mar 26, 2024, 05:24 PM

Mar 26

I for one really am not "into" all the quads.....I love figure skating for its artistry, passion with the music overall....I miss that component....

I was just thinking the other day....maybe figure skating needs to create an gymnastic/quad division and revitalize the true artistry.

Jason Brown fills that lost element of artistry in my opinion....but he can never will gold now due to the scores with quads.....I just don't find that fair...

beaglelover

(3,484 posts)

5. I remember years ago a man won either the Olympics or the Worlds and he did not do a quad and there

Reply to FarPoint (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 26, 2024, 05:35 PM

Mar 26

was a lot of talk at the time about whether that was right. The guy who came in second did to a quad or maybe more than one and he was very upset that the other guy won without doing a quad. So maybe they changed some rules after that incident?