Ilia Malinin is the only person in figure skating history to successfully land the quad axel in international competition. Here's why it's so hard.

The 2025 ISU World Figure Skating Championships wrapped up on Saturday, with Ilia Malinin, the Quad God, repeating as world ...

Malinin landed six quadruple jumps, including the quad Axel, on his way to claiming gold in BostonIlia Malinin, the ...

Ilia Malinin defended his world title with a free skate that earned a standing ovation inside TD Garden on Saturday night, ...

For the first time since this global skaters’ waltz began in 1896, the US squad won three gold medals. Ilia Malinin, the ...

Malinin's title-clinching performance Saturday followed Madison Chock and Evan Bates' victory in ice dance ... rival in figure skating. "I really like to try these difficult quad-quad combinations ...

US star Ilia Malinin defended his world figure skating title on Saturday with a dominant display on the ice inside Boston’s ...

With a record-equalling six quadruple jumps and an audacious backflip, U.S. figure skater Ilia Malinin captured his second ...

The Fairfax, Va., native changed his jump layout on the fly, landing six quadruple jumps, including the Axel, in the free ...

Alysa Liu competed with Team USA at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, though failed to medal in her events. She announced her ...

The American sensation landed six quad jumps to repeat as world champion and cement his status as the Olympic favorite.

U.S. figure skater Ilia Malinin prepares for the world championships, contemplating the risk of performing seven quadruple ...