On December 9, 2023, at the men’s free skating award ceremony of the International Skating Union Figure Skating Grand Prix Finals held in Beijing, the gold medal winner, American player Ilia Malinin, wore an American flag. (Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images)
[The Epoch Times, December 10, 2023](Comprehensive report by Epoch Times reporter Li Yan) American young figure skater Ilia Malinin once again made a blockbuster appearance in the finals of this year’s World Figure Skating Grand Prix, making history one after another , becoming the first skater to land all six quadruple jumps in competition.
The 19-year-old Malinen temporarily replaced the first move with an Axel quadruple jump in the short program on Thursday (December 7), becoming the first person to successfully complete this move in the short program. player, ranked first with a high score of 106.90.
In the free skating competition on Saturday (December 9), Marinen was even more out of control and successfully performed 6 quadruple jumps. He only made a mistake in the first quadruple jump, but still scored 207.76. High scores, and finally won the championship with 314.66 points.
Before this, no skater had completed six types of quadruple jumps in one go—the quad toeloop, the toe loop, and the toe loop. Salchow, Flip, Hook, Axel and Lutz (loop).
“This is the first time I’ve done this (in competition),” Marinen said. “A few weeks ago, I couldn’t do my quad jump at all. I’m really happy that I was able to do it under pressure. come out.”
At last year’s U.S. International Figure Skating Classic, Marinen successfully performed a complete quadruple axel jump, becoming the first person in history. He achieved a feat that even Japanese figure skating prince Yuzuru Hanyu could not achieve, and also won the gold medal in that event.
Japanese players Shoma Uno and Yuma Kagiyama won the silver and bronze medals in Beijing with 297.34 points and 288.65 points respectively.
In addition, Japanese player Kaori Sakamoto won the women’s singles championship with 225.70 points, and American players Madison Chock and Evan Bates won the adult ice dance gold medal with 221.61 points. German players Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodon won the youth ice dance championship (206.43 points).
Editor in charge: Li Yuan#
2023-12-09 21:29:50
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