Ilia Malinin dazzled with six quadruple jumps, including a quadruple axel, in his closing free skate to win his second straight men's figure skating world title.
The 20-year-old known as the "Quad God" had teased the prospect of seven quadruple jumps in the free skate, but even though he doubled one of them it was a scintillating performance at a packed TD Garden in Boston- where his total score of 318.56 put him 31.09 points clear of silver medalist Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan.
Malinin, the only skater to complete a quadruple axel in competition, landed all six types of quadruples, adding a quad flip, quad Lutz, quad Salchow, a quad toe loop and the quad loop that has been giving him trouble.
He earned 208.15 points for his free skate.
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Ilia Malinin dazzles during his closing free skate, earning 208.15 points, at the world championships in Boston. AP
