Figure skater Malinin set a record for points for a production program

American figure skater Ilya Malinin on Saturday, December 6, won the free skate at the ISU Grand Prix in Japan and set a new world record.

Malinin improved his own world score for rental by almost 10 points, from 228.97 to 238.24, and received 146.07 for equipment, which also became a world record. According to the sum of the two programs, Malinin scored 332.29 points.

Malinin demonstrated the quad flip, axel, Lutz, and Rittberger at the box office. In addition, the skater showed a quadruple lutz — oiler — triple flip, a quadruple toe loop — triple toe loop, and a sequence of quadruple salchow — triple axel.

In second place is Japanese Yuma Kagiyama, who received 302.41 points. American Shun Sato rounded out the top three winners with a score of 292.08 points.

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Figure skater Ilya Malinin on Sunday, November 2, won the free skate at the Canadian Grand Prix and set a new world record. It was clarified that the figure skater scored 228.97 points in the free skate. In 2023, the athlete became the bronze medalist of the world championship. In addition, he became the first figure skater in history to perform the quadruple axel at international competitions, which is the most difficult and expensive jump, according to the rating system of the International Skating Union (ISU).

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