Ilia Malinin Makes Figure Skating History with Quad Axel in Short Program

The 19-year-old American leads the Grand Prix Finals with a personal best score of 106.90 points.

Ilia Malinin, the 19-year-old American figure skater, made history by becoming the first skater to land a quadruple axel in a short program.
Malinin's successful quad axel, along with a quad lutz-triple toe loop combination and a clean triple axel, earned him a personal best score of 106.90 points, leading the Grand Prix Finals.
Malinin's closest competitors are Japan's Shoma Uno, who scored 106.02 points, and Yuma Kagiyama, who scored 103.72 points.
In the pairs competition, Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin of Germany lead with 72.56 points, followed by Canadians Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps with 71.22 points.
Russian skaters were absent from the Grand Prix Final due to the ongoing war with Ukraine.