Overview

• American teen Ilia Malinin became the first skater to land all six types of quad jump in competition at the Grand Prix Final in Beijing.
• Despite an early fall on his quad Axel, Malinin went on to win his first Grand Prix Final with a score of 314.66.
• Malinin's technical score was so far ahead of the rest of the competition that he could have afforded several mistakes.
• Malinin had previously made history by becoming the first person to ever land a quadruple axel in a short program.
• Other winners at the Grand Prix Final included Kaori Sakamoto of Japan in the women's singles and Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates in ice dance.