American figure skater Ilia Malinin was flawless on the opening night of Skate America, scoring 104.06 points for his short program Friday night to take a big lead into the free skate. Kevin Aymoz of France was second with 97.34 points and Shun Sato of Japan third with 91.61 points.
FILE - Ilia Malinin performs during the men’s free skate at the U.S. figure skating championships in San Jose, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. The 18-year-old American wunderkind used his title at Skate America last fall as a springboard to a groundbreaking year at the senior level, which included becoming the first skater ever to land the quadruple axel in competition.
The competition resumes Saturday with the men’s and pairs free skates, the rhythm dance and the women’s short program. Malinin began his short program, set to “Malagueña” by the Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona, with a quad toe loop in which he spun so fast he was a blur. Then came the quad lutz, the second-hardest jump behind the quad axel, and Malinin combined it with a triple toe loop to drive up his score. His triple axel looked easy given he is perfectly capable of doing a quad.
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