Malinin's goal is to land seven quads in a free skate. Many skaters say they're already prepping for the 2026 Olympics.

Ilia Malinin of Team USA is atop the leaderboard at the 2025 world figure skating championships after a dominant short ...

Malinin, who won his second world title last month in Boston, topped the men's short program in Tokyo with a score of 106.08.

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 ...

BOSTON — “Nervous.” That was one of the first words to roll off the lips of Ilia Malinin late Thursday afternoon, this after the Quadg0d submitted a scrapbook-worthy short program at the ...

Double world figure skating champion Ilia Malinin knows he will have a target on his back at next year's Winter Olympics, but ...

BOSTON (AP) — Ilia Malinin walked toward the ice for his free skate at the world championships with the swagger of a conquering hero. Then he backed up the bravado. The 20-year-old from Fairfax, ...

BOSTON — Ilia Malinin's top rival said this week that he's starting to think the self-proclaimed "Quad God" is invincible. But with every effortless quadruple jump Saturday at TD Garden ...

BOSTON — His smile couldn’t hide the tinge ... the sting from a failure only he could comprehend. Advertisement Ilia Malinin tried seven quadruple jumps in Saturday’s free skate, the finale ...

BOSTON (AP) — American figure skating sensation Ilia Malinin sheepishly grinned when his closest rival, Japanese star Yuma Kagiyama, said what seems to be on everyone's minds these days: “I'm starting ...

BOSTON — Ilia Malinin landed a record-tying six quadruple jumps in his World Championships free skate, taking a repeat world title to cap an undefeated season. Malinin totaled 318.56 points between ...