Ilia Malinin Fan Thread!

[sk9tingfan]

He's got to stop doing this!!!

Ilia Malinin on Instagram: "Don’t ask, I’m just #havingfun"

17K likes, 160 comments - ilia_quadg0d_malinin on April 3, 2024: "Don’t ask, I’m just #havingfun".

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[skatfan]

He’s a teenager. He’s not going to stop.

 

[Frau Muller]

New costume for the Succession program at Stars on Ice: https://twitter.com/TheIliaSociety/status/1775584189116493975?t=0eW9QbKcEw-fhTSRBoJP8w&s=19

Looks like a jester. Good grief.

 

[Karen-W]

He's got to stop doing this!!!

Ilia Malinin on Instagram: "Don’t ask, I’m just #havingfun"

17K likes, 160 comments - ilia_quadg0d_malinin on April 3, 2024: "Don’t ask, I’m just #havingfun".

www.instagram.com

It's a back flip on solid ground. Hardly groundbreaking or dangerous for him or so many thousands of kids who perform those routinely in cheer programs at football games and cheer/tumbling/gymnastics competitions across the world.

 

[Debbie S]

As long as he doesn't do one in his competitive programs, he should be fine. Nathan does a backflip in shows.

 

[mtnskater]

He's got to stop doing this!!!

Ilia Malinin on Instagram: "Don’t ask, I’m just #havingfun"

17K likes, 160 comments - ilia_quadg0d_malinin on April 3, 2024: "Don’t ask, I’m just #havingfun".

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I was a cheerleader for four years and we did back flips on hardwood floors and asphalt tracks in saddle shoes with no cushioning Never got injured doing them.

Since Adam (and Nathan) are doing them on ice, I bet we will see one on ice from Ilia soon. Quads are much harder.

 

[Sylvia]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1776729757901525427

 

[sk9tingfan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1776729757901525427

Only if they get their hands on him and drug him....

 

[Sylvia]

ETA: Never mind.

Link to the GSD thread for the Friday, April 19th show Ilia will headline in Leesburg, VA, together with Madi/Evan, Deanna/Max & Isabeau: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...g-3-world-champions-a-silver-medalist.111703/

 

[Sylvia]

Ari Zakarian filmed the finale of the final JSOI show in Yokohama - after Keegan’s backflip Ilia threw in a 4A: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5czyZ_J-6L/

MANY clips & photos are being compiled & posted here: https://x.com/theiliasociety

 

[cailuj365]

That TheIliaSociety twitter is incredible. I don't know how she finds and compiles all of his news, including international sources. Thank you Sylvia for also collecting all of Ilia's memorable moments on this thread!

I find it interesting how Ari seems to follow/chaperone Ilia during all his exhibitions and major comps. I'm glad for the extra videos/pictures that he provides and for putting together pretty much the only US ice show this year, but I've never seen an agent who just follows the skater around like this all over the world. He's essentially Ilia's instagram photographer!

 

[BittyBug]

IDK if he does that with all his clients, but I remember him being on tour with Plushenko.

 

[princeton123]

I think Ari knows where his bread is buttered

Although maybe Ilia’s parents also feel more comfortable if he has a chaperone. He only just turned 19 and has never lived away from home and goes to all competitions with one of his parents. Unlike many other skaters who’ve had to move to train, he’s essentially spent his whole life in his parents nest

 

[skatfan]

Perhaps Ari is helping out Ilia’s parents who have another child and run a skating business.

 

[Sylvia]

Ilia reminds us he still CAN do a 4F… and as the 3rd jump of a combo - from Tallinn:
https://x.com/theiliasociety/status/1777408425435222039

 

[DreamSkates]

Looks like a jester. Good grief.

I like the shirt. It’s very different from his usual, so good that he’s beaming with his normal.

 

[Sylvia]

Thanks to @ice coverage for this update today (April 9) in the 2024 Spring/Summer Club Ice Shows & Benefits thread in GSD:

Just announced: Ilia Malinin will perform as Guest Artist on May 6 for ITNY's benefit gala at Chelsea Piers in NYC.
(Ilia only for May 6 show; not May 3 or May 4.)

Ice Theatre of New York on Instagram: "We are so excited to announce that Ilia Malinin (@ilia_quadg0d_malinin ) the 2024 World Champion will perform at our May 6th Benefit Gala Performance! Get your tickets for May 6th now at the link in bio!"

10K likes, 41 comments - icetheatreofny on April 9, 2024: "We are so excited to announce that Ilia Malinin (@ilia_quadg0d_malinin ) the 2024 World Champion will perform at our May 6th Benefit Gala Performance! Get your tickets for May 6th now at the link in bio!".

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The Ice Theatre of New York's 2024 Benefit Gala and Performance will take place on Monday, May 6, 2024 at 6:30 pm at Sky Rink at Chelsea Piers in NYC: https://www.icetheatre.org/2024-benefit-gala-and-performance.html
Performance, Cocktails, Dinner (The Lighthouse Chelsea Piers) and Award Ceremony
The Gala Performance will feature the ITNY Ensemble and guest artists
Honorees: Olympians Meryl Davis & Charlie White and Tanith Belbin White & Ben Agosto
Choreography Award: Sandra Bezic
Alumni Award: Judy Blumberg
ITNY's regular Home Season Performance shows will also feature the ITNY Ensemble and guest artists at 7 pm on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4: https://www.icetheatre.org/2024-home-season-performances.html[/URL

 

[Sylvia]

April 9th article:

Mason student Ilia Malinin is the world’s most dominant figure skater

The 19-year-old Malinin left no doubt about who will be the likely favorite in the men’s singles competition at the upcoming 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy.

www.gmu.edu

Malinin’s first world championship didn’t exactly go unnoticed by the Mason community.
“Six quads in a single performance?” asked Tim Groseclose, an economics professor within the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the holder of the Adam Smith Chair at the Mercatus Center, who knows a little something about the sport thanks to a daughter who skated. “He’s basically the Michael Jordan of figure skating—not just the best in the world, but probably will be the world’s best for quite some time … and he’s an econ student at Mason!”

… Although he’s yet to declare his major, Malinin hopes to eventually study civil engineering, with an eye on design or architecture.

ETA: https://twitter.com/GeorgeMasonNews/status/1777670472089436216

 

[Wyliefan]

Oh good, I was hoping Mason would weigh in!

 

[Frau Muller]

Thanks to @ice coverage for this update today (April 9) in the 2024 Spring/Summer Club Ice Shows & Benefits thread in GSD:

Is Ilia going to rest a bit? At this rate, Ari Z will find a way to get Ilia into some tangential event at the Paris Summer Olympics just to get him “into the mood!” Nothing will surprise me…if they build an ice rink on a Bateau Mouche, floating on the Seine!!! ?

 

[Sylvia]

Ilia will return to Japan for 7 shows in 9 days in July: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...foi-probably-doi-the-ice.111623/#post-6585482

Finally we got the cast announcement for The Ice!
...
7/20-7/21 (3 shows) - Aichi
7/27-7/28 (4 shows) - Funabashi, Chiba

The schedule on his official website is updated though the Canadian Stars on Ice tour (April 25-May 16): https://iliamalinin4a.com/#schedule

 

[skatfan]

Is Ilia going to rest a bit? At this rate, Ari Z will find a way to get Ilia into some tangential event at the Paris Summer Olympics just to get him “into the mood!” Nothing will surprise me…if they build an ice rink on a Bateau Mouche, floating on the Seine!!! ?

He’s got a gap because there’s no US Stars on Ice tour. So actually lighter than it might have been.

 

[Karen-W]

Is Ilia going to rest a bit? At this rate, Ari Z will find a way to get Ilia into some tangential event at the Paris Summer Olympics just to get him “into the mood!” Nothing will surprise me…if they build an ice rink on a Bateau Mouche, floating on the Seine!!! ?

You could be right! NBC announced earlier today that Johnny, Tara & Terry will be part of the closing ceremony broadcast crew (not really a surprise since they had those duties for Tokyo).

They need to start hyping Milano-Cortina as soon as the Paris Games are done.

 

[Frau Muller]

You could be right! NBC announced earlier today that Johnny, Tara & Terry will be part of the closing ceremony broadcast crew (not really a surprise since they had those duties for Tokyo).

They need to start hyping Milano-Cortina as soon as the Paris Games are done.

NBC will do something to drum-up Ilia & figure skating during the Paris Olympics, especially related to the closing on Aug 11. You just know it! Timing of his appearance in The Ice in Japan only conflicts with the Opening Cerem.
He can jump a Quad from Paris to Milan…

 

[Wyliefan]

Shoutout for Ilia when he went to a hockey game in D.C.! https://www.instagram.com/stories/i...ig_story_item_share&igsh=MTJlN3ZiNzc3aDV3dg==

 

[Sylvia]

Shoutout for Ilia when he went to a hockey game in D.C.!

His video footage at the Washington Capitals game has been turned into a “Gold on Ice” ad ?: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5zirInR1qF/

Ari Z.’s Instagram Live video yesterday showed Ilia and his dad celebrating after the Caps scored: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5zd-O5uFJI/

I assume this new banner was made for his home rink in Reston: https://x.com/theiliasociety/status/1779890374108164407

 

[TanithandBenFan]

Really great interview with Ilia with lots of personal/family tidbits done by a Russian media outlet:

«У мамы здорово получается русская еда: борщ, пельмени». Интервью Ильи Малинина – почти не про фигурку

Майя Багрянцева познакомилась с чемпионом мира.

m.sports.ru

Ilia Malinin Daily translated it all on X if your browser translation doesn't work:

https://twitter.com/TheIliaSociety/status/1780572660831072462

 

[Sylvia]

Really great interview with Ilia with lots of personal/family tidbits done by a Russian media outlet:

Thanks! "Lutz everyone!" is Maya Bagriantseva's blog on sports.ru.
"I was recently contacted by representatives of the HBO channel, on which the [Succession] show was released, and gave me a year's subscription.”

ETA:

Michael Weiss' daughter, Annie Mae, is an anchor/reporter for Fox 5 DC news (didn't know that... eta that she joined the station in December 2023), as well as an In Game Host for the Washington Capitals, and she interviewed Ilia on the ice in Reston yesterday according to all 3 of their Insta stories.

ETA #2:

The schedule on his official website is updated though the Canadian Stars on Ice tour (April 25-May 16): https://iliamalinin4a.com/#schedule

Now listed - Sun Valley on Ice, July 3, 2024 (opening show of the summer series there).

 

[Sylvia]

That TheIliaSociety twitter is incredible. I don't know how she finds and compiles all of his news, including international sources.

The Ilia Society social media account(s) were founded one year ago today (April 17): https://www.instagram.com/p/C52Z-Jus-02/
There currently are 5 members in the team who “are from all over the world” according to their Instagram story Q&A today.

NON-snarky note: They must all be young(ish) skating fans because no one recognized Michael Weiss in the photo they screenshot from his Insta story: https://twitter.com/TheIliaSociety/status/1780424703301284138 (I replied nicely to them )

 

[Karen-W]

The Ilia Society social media account(s) were founded one year ago today (April 17): https://www.instagram.com/p/C52Z-Jus-02/
There currently are 5 members in the team who “are from all over the world” according to their Instagram story Q&A today.

NON-snarky note: They must all be young(ish) skating fans because no one recognized Michael Weiss in the photo they screenshot from his Insta story: https://twitter.com/TheIliaSociety/status/1780424703301284138 (I replied nicely to them )

To be fair, this non-youngish FS fan didn't immediately recognize Michael Weiss. But the pic of Roman, Ilia, Annie Mae and Michael on the ice that Michael labeled "next gen" was pretty cool.