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The "Quad God" is the first skater to win three-straight world titles since Nathan Chen.
Six weeks after Ilia Malinin missed the Olympic podium, the "quad god" reeled off huge jumps and a backflip to retain his world figure skating championship title.
American figure skater Ilia Malinin finds redemption following his shock Winter Olympics loss after winning his third straight world figure skating championship.
Ilia Malinin claimed a third straight world figure skating championship on Saturday afternoon, completing a swift redemption a month after his shock Olympic collapse with a commanding free skate. The 21-year-old American entered the final at Prague’s O2 Arena with a commanding lead after Thursday’s short program, where his personal-best 111.29 had put him more than nine points clear of the field. Skating last, Malinin produced a free program of 218.11 to finish on 329.40 points, comfortably ahead of Japanese rivals Yumi Kagiyama (306.67) and Shun Sato (288.54).
