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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BOSTON — Ilia Malinin won ... is my perfect layout for the Olympics,” he said. “I really want it to be something I’m able to complete effortlessly and efficiently.” Before another sellout crowd at TD ...

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 ...

Now, his emotional performance is going viral, as are his poignant words about the close friends lost to the tragedy. […] ...

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

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 ...

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 ...