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

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

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 landed a record-tying six quadruple jumps in his free skate, taking a repeat world title to cap an ...

BOSTON — Ilia Malinin could attempt as many as seven ... which is a full point more than the second most difficult jump, the quad lutz. But skaters can also earn points for grade of execution ...

The American sensation landed six quad jumps to repeat as world champion and cement his status as the Olympic favorite.

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

U.S. skater Ilia Malinin clinched his second world title with an impressive six quadruple jumps in Boston, setting the stage ...

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 ...

The U.S. figure skater won his second straight world championship gold medal on Saturday, and it wasn’t even close.