{"id":72653,"date":"2026-03-28T16:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/quad-god-ilia-malinin-wins-3rd-consecutive-world-figure-skating-championship-title-after-disastrous-olympic-performance\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T16:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:28:09","slug":"quad-god-ilia-malinin-wins-3rd-consecutive-world-figure-skating-championship-title-after-disastrous-olympic-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/quad-god-ilia-malinin-wins-3rd-consecutive-world-figure-skating-championship-title-after-disastrous-olympic-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Quad god&#8221; Ilia Malinin wins 3rd consecutive world figure skating championship title after disastrous Olympic performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Ilia Malinin is back on the top of the podium.<\/p>\n<p>Six weeks after a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ilia-malinin-falls-free-skate-winter-olympics-misses-gold-medal\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">disastrous skate led<\/a><\/span> to the Olympic gold-medal favorite placing eighth in <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/milan-winter-olympics-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Milan<\/a><\/span>, the &#8220;quad god&#8221; reeled off one huge jump after another, and a backflip for good measure, to retain his world championship title for the third year running.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Malinin shouted and punched the air with relief after finishing the skate. He also threw his hands up in the air after his score was read out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/28\/837fb3fb-1b3e-40c8-9eff-a7246fc8afc1\/thumbnail\/620x413\/67dfd907ae16ac5320775b4c6e6fc0ee\/gettyimages-2268287056.jpg#\" alt=\"ISU World Figure Skating Championships - Prague \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/28\/837fb3fb-1b3e-40c8-9eff-a7246fc8afc1\/thumbnail\/620x413\/67dfd907ae16ac5320775b4c6e6fc0ee\/gettyimages-2268287056.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/28\/837fb3fb-1b3e-40c8-9eff-a7246fc8afc1\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/195a7010cde4adff5d7b61c99b91d015\/gettyimages-2268287056.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Ilia Malinin reacts during ISU World Figure Skating Championships on March 28, 2026 in Prague.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Jurij Kodrun &#8211; International Skating Union\/International Skating Union via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Malinin praised the crowd&#8217;s support, saying: &#8220;It was really challenging, really hard but with you guys I was able to make it through.&#8221; His aim, he added, had simply been to get through the free skate &#8220;in one piece.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Malinin\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/ilia-malinin-reflects-olympic-journey-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">previously told CBS News<\/a> that he didn&#8217;t want to dwell on his disappointing Olympic performance. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everything happens for a reason,&#8221; the 21-year-old\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ilia-malinin-quad-god-reflects-on-olympic-experience\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">told CBS News<\/a><\/span> in February. He said he has to believe that &#8220;you learn a lot more from failure than you do winning.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Malinin is the first skater to win three consecutive men&#8217;s world titles since fellow American <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nathan-chen-beijing-olympics-team-usa-figure-skating-short-program-world-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Nathan Chen<\/a><\/span>, who achieved the feat in 2018, 2019 and 2021 after the 2020 event was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/28\/efbd10c7-d2a5-48d8-8aa0-2f501daa38e8\/thumbnail\/620x413\/bdfc4a41e05f3728f922c44a64a15888\/gettyimages-2268280042.jpg#\" alt=\"ISU World Figure Skating Championships - Prague \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/28\/efbd10c7-d2a5-48d8-8aa0-2f501daa38e8\/thumbnail\/620x413\/bdfc4a41e05f3728f922c44a64a15888\/gettyimages-2268280042.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/28\/efbd10c7-d2a5-48d8-8aa0-2f501daa38e8\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/dca7671c66c4a5c15e7cd37e9f77ae22\/gettyimages-2268280042.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Ilia Malinin after his skate at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships on March 28, 2026 in Prague.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Jurij Kodrun &#8211; International Skating Union\/International Skating Union via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Skating last after leading the short program, just as he did in Milan, Malinin landed five high-scoring <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/the-evolution-of-the-quad-skatings-most-daring-jump\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">quadruple jumps<\/a><\/span> but not his <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ilia-malinin-on-the-pursuit-of-perfection\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">pioneering quad axel<\/a><\/span>, a jump he didn&#8217;t attempt at the Olympics. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Malinin scored 218.11 in the free skate for a total 329.40, far ahead of silver medalist <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ilia-malinin-yuma-kagiyama-olympic-figure-skating-short-program-saturday\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Yuma Kagiyama<\/a><\/span> of Japan on 306.67. Another Japanese skater, Shun Sato, was third on 288.54.<\/p>\n<p>Kagiyama beat his personal-best free skate score but still had to make do with a fourth career world championship silver in a career which includes four Olympic silvers and five total worlds medals, but no gold from either event. He embraced Malinin after his skate and they jumped together in celebration.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/28\/64223540-4fd1-46b4-887f-7d71209c40ad\/thumbnail\/620x407\/8e919259edc9f7e7074a51c63ffea0ef\/gettyimages-2268277479.jpg#\" alt=\"FSSKATE-WORLD-CZE-MEN-FREE SKATING \" height=\"407\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/28\/64223540-4fd1-46b4-887f-7d71209c40ad\/thumbnail\/620x407\/8e919259edc9f7e7074a51c63ffea0ef\/gettyimages-2268277479.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/28\/64223540-4fd1-46b4-887f-7d71209c40ad\/thumbnail\/1240x814\/49057712787e28634d8bc517c6a4d627\/gettyimages-2268277479.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Ilia Malinin mid-backflip during the men&#8217;s free skating program of the 2026 ISU Figure Skating World Championships in Prague on March 28, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Michal Cizek \/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a showcase of top-level skating, there was no podium spot for France&#8217;s Adam Siao Him Fa, who had been in second after the short program but dropped to fifth overall after a fall. Estonia&#8217;s Aleksandr Selevko also dropped from third to sixth.<\/p>\n<p>Malinin had no rematch with Mikhail Shaidorov, the skater from Kazakhstan who won the Olympic gold, because Shaidorov opted against competing again this season. That&#8217;s a relatively common decision for figure skating gold medal winners, who face a rush of media and commercial opportunities after a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ilia-malinin-says-inevitable-crash-olympics-pressure-online-hate\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">grueling four-year Olympic buildup<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The last competition of the championships is the free dance portion of the ice dance event later Saturday. France&#8217;s Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron are in the lead after Friday&#8217;s rhythm dance.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/28\/c8d77b6e-fb03-4c67-bbe6-f138f53cfd2b\/thumbnail\/620x408\/48c62295c3febe4bf859ec9c12e9d989\/gettyimages-2268280008.jpg#\" alt=\"TOPSHOT-FSSKATE-WORLD-CZE-MEN-FREE SKATING-PODIUM \" height=\"408\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/28\/c8d77b6e-fb03-4c67-bbe6-f138f53cfd2b\/thumbnail\/620x408\/48c62295c3febe4bf859ec9c12e9d989\/gettyimages-2268280008.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/28\/c8d77b6e-fb03-4c67-bbe6-f138f53cfd2b\/thumbnail\/1240x816\/b0478c2394e1dd54c843cc33d86ce4dc\/gettyimages-2268280008.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Japan&#8217;s Yuma Kagiyama, Ilia Malinin and Japan&#8217;s Shun Sato celebrate with their medals at the 2026 ISU Figure Skating World Championships in Prague on March 28, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Michal Cizek \/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Malinin told CBS News in February that he looks forward to continuing to push the boundaries of his sport.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think I would be much better to be known as &#8220;Quad God,&#8221; as you say, rather than winning gold medal,&#8221; Malinin said<strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n        <\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ilia-malinin-world-skating-championship-title-milan-winter-olympics\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ilia Malinin is back on the top of the podium. 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