Ilia Malinin 2024 Worlds Free Skateboarder. The program was the greatest athletic performance in the history of figure skating with malinin completing a record six quads. World champion ilia malinin won skate america on sunday for the third consecutive year, altering his free skate on the fly after an early mistake and punctuating the program with a backflip.
Malinin set the world record for highest free skate score at the 2024 world championships in march and became the first athlete to land a quad axel in a short program at the 2023 grand prix final. Ilia malinin lands 4 quads — and a backflip — to win his third straight skate america title.