UPDATED And The Quad Axel Pursuit ENDS: Malinin!

[Sylvia]

Cross-posting from Malinin's fan thread:

Ilia made TIME magazine's TIME100 Next list!

2022 TIME100 Next: Ilia Malinin

Find out why Ilia Malinin is on this year’s TIME100 Next list

time.com

His quotes in the piece by Alice Park:

“I’ve always wanted to do it,” he says. “The mental side plays a huge role, because you have to fully commit to the takeoff—that’s the only way you will be able to rotate it fully.”
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“Now that I’ve officially done [the quad Axel], I’m a lot more confident in trying new things.”

Interesting that Ilia was included in the ARTISTS, and not the PHENOMS, category: https://time.com/collection/time100-next-2022/

He will be featured on WUSA channel 9 news in the Washington, D.C. area later today (3A clip below):

https://twitter.com/x/status/1575217049819049984

ETA that the Fairfax County (VA) Public Schools website even published a quote from his high school principal on Sept. 16: https://www.fcps.edu/blog/marshall-senior-lands-first-quad-axel
“We are so very proud of Ilia! This is an incredible accomplishment,” says Jeffrey Litz, principal of Marshall. “It is amazing to me how Ilia can perform at such a high level while also balancing his schoolwork and social life. He is an incredible young man.”

 

[Sylvia]

Nick Zaccardi spoke to Vern Taylor, Brian Orser, Kurt Browning, Jozef Sabovcik and Surya Bonaly for this article (Oct. 4):

Ilia Malinin's quadruple Axel sheds light on first figure skater to land triple Axel

Ilia Malinin landed the first quadruple Axel in figure skating, 43 years after Canadian Vern Taylor landed the first triple Axel.

olympics.nbcsports.com

 

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Nick Zaccardi spoke to Vern Taylor, Brian Orser, Kurt Browning, Jozef Sabovcik and Surya Bonaly for this article (Oct. 4):

Ilia Malinin's quadruple Axel sheds light on first figure skater to land triple Axel

Ilia Malinin landed the first quadruple Axel in figure skating, 43 years after Canadian Vern Taylor landed the first triple Axel.

olympics.nbcsports.com

Good article.

I really appreciate that the article included links to almost everything they mentioned. And nice to hear from the 'forgotten' ones - Vern Taylor and Jozef Sabovcik.
Also, I had no idea that quad axels were something Kurt was even thinking of, let alone briefly attempting in practice back in the 90s...

 

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Nick Zaccardi spoke to Vern Taylor, Brian Orser, Kurt Browning, Jozef Sabovcik and Surya Bonaly for this article (Oct. 4):

Ilia Malinin's quadruple Axel sheds light on first figure skater to land triple Axel

Ilia Malinin landed the first quadruple Axel in figure skating, 43 years after Canadian Vern Taylor landed the first triple Axel.

olympics.nbcsports.com

Wonderful, in-depth article. I'm glad Vern Taylor us being remembered and appreciated. Gracious that Kurt acknowledged Josef's quad toe too.