Ilia Malinin is the only person in figure skating history to successfully land the quad axel in international competition.

The new star of figure skating, Ilia Malinin, put on his typically dazzling routine Thursday at the world championships in ...

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

The defending world champion said he was more unsettled than usual, but it didn't stop him from nailing his elements in the ...

Ilia Malinin claimed a second consecutive world figure skating title, landing six quadruple jumps in a jaw-dropping ...

“Let’s get this party started!” That was Ilia Malinin’s message to the ticketholders on the Hub Vision screen before he took ...

BOSTON — Ilia Malinin could attempt as many as seven ... One of them could be the famous jump that only he can pull off: The quad axel. Malinin, 20, is the only person in figure skating history ...

BOSTON — Ilia Malinin's top rival said this week that ... Over the span of 4 minutes, 13 seconds, Malinin landed a quad flip, quad axel, quad lutz, quad loop, quad toe loop and quad salchow ...

This means the quad axel actually consists of 4.5 rotations, rather than four. No skater has ever landed a quintuple jump. Tara Lipinski takes a closer look at Ilia Malinin’s quad axel by the ...