Malinin takes Skate America gold with spectacular quad Axel
Ilia Malinin of the United States competes in the Men’s Free Skate during at 2022 Skate America on October 22, 2022 in Norwood, Massachusetts.
2022 Skate America – Men’s Recap
USA’s Ilia Malinin took gold in the 2022 Skate America Men’s event with a spectacular quad Axel in Norwood, Mass., on Saturday night. Japan’s Kao Miura earned the silver—his first Grand prix medal, while South Korea’s Junhwan Cha settled for the bronze.
Standing ovations not only from #KoshiroShimada #島田高志郎 #IliaMalinin “kills it”! with probably the best quad Axel we’ve ever seen, plus an almost flawless program: 280.37 total score! #GPFigure #SkateAmerica pic.twitter.com/dPPN2h2rB2
— Golden Skate (@goldenskate) October 23, 2022
Malinin, who took a fall on a quad toe in the short program (86.08), put down a new personal best (194.29) with his free skate to music from Euphoria. The 2022 World Junior Champion also took a fall on a under-rotated quad Lutz combination in the free skate, but otherwise produced four solid quad jumps, including a beautiful quad Axel which garnered many positive grades of execution (GOE). The spins were all graded a level four, and with a total score of 280.37, the 17-year-old easily bounded from fourth to first overall.
“I felt great, it was a really good skate!” noted Malinin. “I’m still in shock! I just know that I trusted my practice and it worked well. It was very important to forget what I did yesterday and just focus on the long. I was really well prepared going into the long. That gave me the confidence to try the quad Axel and I was able to pull it off. I was very happy with how I landed it. I just have to keep that same confidence with every competition I do.”
Definitely a night to dance for #IliaMalinin
And could there be a better partner than @jasonbskates #JasonBrown #GPFigure #SkateAmerica pic.twitter.com/Rmr2MVN2qo— Golden Skate (@goldenskate) October 23, 2022
Miura, who stood in first after a dynamic and solid short program, landed three quads in his free skate to music from from Beauty and the Beast, but fell on his opening quad loop and stepped out a triple Axel. The 2022 Four Continents bronze medalist still scored a new personal best of 178.23, placing second in the free skate and overall (273.19).
“I was in top form coming in, so I was able to do very well here,” said the 17-year-old from Yokohama. “I know there were some mistakes and that will give me something to work on for my next competition. My next competition is Skate Canada and it is the first time for me to do two overseas Grand Prixes. I learned a lot here and hope to use it at Skate Canada.”
Medalists #KaoMiura #三浦佳生 talks to the Japanese press after crushing his personal best by 22 points. #GPFigure #SkateAmerica pic.twitter.com/t2pIqDgeGf
— Golden Skate (@goldenskate) October 23, 2022
Cha placed second (94.44) in the short and third (169.61) in the free skate for a third-place finish overall (264.05). In his free skate to music to No Time To Die, the 2022 Four Continents Champion landed a very good quad Salchow, but put a foot down on the quad toe and later fell on a under-rotated triple Axel.
“It was not perfect and it was not what I wanted, but I tried hard and I’m quite satisfied,” said the 21-year-old national champion. “I can work on my mistakes for next Grand Prix [NHK Trophy ]. I learned a lot of things yesterday and today and I want to work a lot more on my jumps and spins and to have more energy in my program.”
Italy’s Daniel Grassl finished fourth overall (257.68) ahead of Roman Sadovsky of Canada (225.41).
The top the men at #SkateAmerica
#IliaMalinin
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#JunhwanCha #차준환 pic.twitter.com/yvenfFvUSY— Golden Skate (@goldenskate) October 23, 2022
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