'Quad God' Ilia Malinin avenges Olympic disappointment with backflip for third straight world title

It seems similar Ilia Malinin, the "Quad God," has done a bully occupation of moving connected from his Olympic heartbreak.

Last month, the 21-year-old Team USA prima was the overwhelming favourite to bring location the golden successful the men's escaped skate. But the unimaginable happened arsenic helium fell doubly and dropped each the mode to eighth place.

However, helium has begun to avenge the nonaccomplishment and is present a three-time satellite champion.

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Ilia Malinin from the United States competes during the men escaped skating astatine the Figure Skating World Championships successful Prague, Czech Republic, Saturday, March 28, 2026.  (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Malinin shouted and punched the aerial with alleviation aft finishing a skate that showed helium had achieved his tendency to "move on" from the Olympics aft days of being tormented by his mistakes.

Malinin scored 218.11 successful the escaped skate for a full of 329.40, acold up of metallic medalist Yuma Kagiyama of Japan connected 306.67. Another Japanese skater, Shun Sato, was 3rd connected 288.54.

Malinin was blunt astir his Olympic show erstwhile speaking to NBC afterward, saying simply, "I blew it," and said it was a wide intelligence hurdle from commencement to finish.

"I conscionable had truthful galore thoughts and memories flood close earlier I got into my starting pose, and almost, I think, it possibly overwhelmed maine a small bit. I've been done a batch successful my life, a batch of atrocious and bully experiences," Malinin told reporters. 

Gold medalist Ilia Malinin from the United States waves to spectators aft the medal ceremonial aft the men's escaped skating astatine the Figure Skating World Championships successful Prague, Czech Republic, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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"So, I conscionable consciousness similar it's the unit of particularly being that Olympic golden medal hopeful. It was conscionable thing I can't power now. The unit of the Olympics, it's truly thing different, and I deliberation not a batch of radical recognize that. They lone recognize that from the wrong and going into this competition, particularly today, I felt truly confident, truly good," helium added. "But it truly conscionable went by truthful accelerated I did not person clip to process." 

But with immoderate unit off, Malinin was capable to amusement who helium genuinely is connected the ice.

Gold medalist, Ilia Malinin from the United States waves earlier the medal ceremonial aft the men's escaped skating astatine the Figure Skating World Championships successful Prague, Czech Republic, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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Malinin becomes the archetypal skater to triumph 3 consecutive men's satellite titles since chap American Nathan Chen, who achieved the feat successful 2018, 2019 and 2021 aft the 2020 lawsuit was canceled due to the fact that of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fox News' Jackson Thompson and The Associated Press contributed to this report.  

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