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

The Fairfax, Va., native changed his jump layout on the fly, landing six quadruple jumps, including the Axel, in the free skate at TD Garden to win his second-consecutive world men’s title ...

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 ...

US star Ilia Malinin defended his world figure skating ... skate which was greeted by a standing ovation by those inside 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 ...

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, every elegant ...

American figure skater took the first step in the defense of his World Championship with a 110.41 score in the men's short program.

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'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 ...