American Ilia Malinin wins world junior figure skating title in record rout

Ilia Malinin became the third American man to earn a earth junior figure skating title in the past 6 decades, routing the subject in Tallinn, Estonia, this 7 days.

Malinin, who was second at the senior U.S. Championships in January and still left off the a few-guy Olympic team, totaled 276.11 factors with four quadruple jumps in Saturday’s cost-free skate.

The 17-year-previous prevailed by 41.8 factors over Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov, the biggest junior men’s margin of victory since the points-based judging system was introduced in 2005. He shattered the history margin of 17.12 details established by Adam Rippon in 2009.

Malinin also shattered the file for men’s or women’s singles margin of victory established by Yuna Kim in 2006 (24.19 factors).

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Following Rippon, People yet again claimed the earth junior title in 2013 (Josh Farris), 2017 (Vincent Zhou) and 2019 (Tomoki Hiwatashi).

Olympic winner Nathan Chen‘s very best complete at junior worlds was 3rd in 2014, even though he would have been the favourite in 2016 if he did not have to withdraw with an harm.

With Chen and Zhou undecided on competing upcoming season (or at all shifting forward), Malinin could shortly be the top U.S. person on the senior degree.

Malinin entered worlds with the finest full rating this season of any junior man, in accordance to SkatingScores.com. Russians occupied the next, fourth and fifth spots, but were being barred from competing because of to the nation’s invasion of Ukraine.

Malinin completed ninth at last month’s senior worlds.

Earlier Saturday, U.S. senior bronze medalist Isabeau Levito topped the women’s shorter software with 72.50 factors in a area lacking the world’s best from Russia.

Levito normally takes a 3.12-level guide into Sunday’s free skate, searching to grow to be the 1st American lady to acquire a entire world junior or senior title considering that Rachael Flatt took the junior crown in 2008.

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