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Ilia Malinin, World Champion Figure Skater Who Won Competition Before Deadly Crash, Says He's 'Heartbroken'
Reigning World Champion figure skater Illia Malinin, who won the competition in Wichita that his teammates had left from before dying in the plane crash in DC, posted on Instagram on Thursday, Jan. 30 that he was 'heartbroken' by their deaths.
Ilia Malinin, who won U.S. men's skating title in Wichita, says crash 'doesn't seem real'
I knew that I had to go to the rink today,” Malinin said in a phone interview Thursday night, “but it got so bad that I had no strength, mentally or physically, to skate. It was very hard for me to be around a skating rink,
Ilia Malinin lands six quadruple jumps, wins third U.S. figure skating title by historic margin
World champion Ilia Malinin landed a record-tying six quadruple jumps to win his third consecutive U.S. figure skating title. Malinin, a 20-year-old from the D.C. area, landed a quad flip, quad Axel (a jump no other skater has ever landed), two quad Lutzes, quad toe loop and quad Salchow in Sunday’s free skate in Wichita, Kansas.
World champ Ilia Malinin lands 6 quad jumps, cruises to his third straight US Figure Skating title
World champion Ilia Malinin cruised to his third consecutive U.S. Figure Skating Championship on Sunday, landing six of his seven planned quad jumps in the free skate.
Skating champ Ilia Malinin 'heartbroken' after crash that killed skaters, coaches
Ilia Malinin, the reigning world and national champion in men's figure skating, shared a message on social media after the crash on the Potomac.
Ilia Malinin draws closer to his definition of perfection with third U.S. figure skating title
Ilia Malinin doesn’t back down. When all of his jumping passes at last month’s Grand Prix Final were judged to contain under-rotation, he still had a sweatshirt made that reproduced the scoresheet, a memento of his having tried a free skate program with unprecedented difficulty.
With audacious seven-quad routine, Ilia Malinin wins U.S. championship
With world championships in March and the Milan-Cortina Olympics a year away, figure skater continues to push limits.
Ilia Malinin snags third straight title at U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Ilia Malinin finished with a total score of 333.31 on Sunday to secure his third straight national title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kan.
Ilia Malinin takes largest lead in U.S. Figure Skating Championships history
World champion Ilia Malinin leads by the largest margin in U.S. Figure Skating Championships history after the men’s short program, seeking a third consecutive national title.
Figure skaters 'horrified, heartbroken' over D.C. plane crash: Reactions from across sport
Tara Lipinski and Tonya Harding were among those in mourning after learning figure skaters were in Wednesday's plane crash ...
U.S. and Russian Figure Skaters Among Passengers on Crashed Jet
Members of the U.S. figure skating community were traveling on the commercial jet that collided with a military helicopter ...
World champ Ilia Malinin lands six quad jumps, cruises to third straight US Figure Skating title
He might've planned to land seven quads, but the reigning World champion romped to another national crown by hitting on six ...