Ilia Malinin is the only person in figure skating history to successfully land the quad axel in international competition. Here's why it's so hard.

Malinin, the only skater to complete a quadruple axel in competition, landed all six types of quadruples, adding a quad flip ... tough free skate. He reduced one quadruple to a double, stepped ...

American Alysa Liu is the surprise leader in the women's short program at the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships in Boston. The 19-year-old retired from skating in 2022 at age 16 and only came ...

Two-time US champion Alysa Liu was the shock leader after stumbles by a trio of favorites in Wednesday's women's short program at the World Figure Skating ... landed a double flip instead of ...

Day 3 of the 2025 ISU World Figure Skating Championships ... nearly flawless and included a triple flip, triple Lutz-triple toe, triple Salchow and a double axel. "I mean, it means so much to ...

Malinin’s free skate to “I’m Not a Vampire” started as planned with a quadruple flip. But after that ... was popping a quadruple Lutz into a double. It kept him from achieving his long ...

That energy showed from her introduction to the ice ... skating ‘Last Dance’ here because this is her hometown,” said Chiba. After landing a triple Lutz-triple toe, triple flip and double ...

FIGURE SKATING WORLDS: Results | Broadcast Schedule Liu, the youngest U.S. champion in history at age 13 in 2019, did a cartwheel before stepping onto the ice for Wednesday ... a clean triple ...

BOSTON, March 28 (Reuters) - American Alysa Liu produced a sensational and joyous performance and struck gold at the World Figure Skating Championships ... a flawless double Axel on her final ...