Ilia Malinin Is the Next Face of Figure Skating. Can He Ignite the Passion of a Whole New Audience?

The 21-year-old two-time world champion and self-appointed “quad god” might just be the best figure skater in the world. Now ...
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Has figure skating reached the limits of human performance?

It was at a relatively minor event in upstate New York in September 2022 that Ilia Malinin, the self-anointed “Quad God” who ...