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.

Ilia Malinin won his second consecutive World Figure Skating Championship men's title in front of a home crowd in Boston ...

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 ...

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 ...

Malinin looked all but invincible in Boston as he defended his world championship with ease, but he knows there’s room for ...

Ilia Malinin, Madison Chock and Evan Bates all defended their titles on the last day of the 2025 world figure skating ...

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

Malinin landed six quadruple jumps, including the quad Axel, on his way to claiming gold in Boston Jurij Kodrun - International Skating Union/International Skating Union via Getty Ilia Malinin ...

Ilia Malinin won the World Figure Skating Championship title for the second consecutive time. The self-proclaimed "Quad God", ...

Ilia Malinin won a second straight world title Saturday night, but felt upset that he had left something undone.