THREE IN A ROW—AND I’M NOT HOLDING BACK.’ THEN ILIA MALININ WALKED ON THE ICE, TOOK TOTAL CONTROL, AND DELIVERED A PERFORMANCE SO DOMINANT IT LEFT THE ENTIRE ARENA IN SHOCK.”
The USA figure skater overcame the bad memories of his free skate at Milano Cortina 2026 to win the segment in Prague and his third world title. Japan’s Kagiyama Yuma and Sato Shun repeated...