Ilia Malinin’s Free Skate Skate America 2022

[@laurafrancis1929]

This kid still is the best I have ever seen. Thru many Olympics . He is a joy to watch.

[@davidhunternyc1]

How often, in the history of sports, do we see something never done before? Very... very rarely. A quadruple axle is scientifically proven to be the most difficult feat in sports. Many experts thought that the quadruple axel was impossible. Illia Malinin made the impossible, possible. What Ilia did was on the level of Alex Honnold free soloing El Capitan. Illia Malinin earned himself top honors at the ESPY awards... but this is figure skating. The heteronormative political machine will not celebrate nor reward one of the most brilliant accomplishments in sports history. It's a great day for figure skating. It's a sad day for sports history. I hope I'm proven wrong.

[@thulekovish8188]

Ilia's QA is so beautiful and perfect. It's amazing.

[@gloridas1741]

His artistry has improved from just the last competition. You could tell he was having fun during the Mt. Everest portion! I wish the first 3/4 of the program had more interesting step sequences. But I'm looking forward to seeing his future performances of this routine. Well done, Quad God!

[@grantnoroyan4083]

amazing jumper the music program connecting steps is juvenile at best he is an amazing talent but he needs the complete package!

[@donnyslader9025]

Please go for an eye examination - Ilia has zero artistry - just like Nathan homophobe Chen

[@mammac4333]

I don’t see any artistry! He is a fantastic jumper but far from the complete package. He needs to work with a choreographer, a ballet instructor, someone who can help him feel and interpret the music. He jumps and does the elements required but the rest of his skating lacks presentation interpretation flow, and he is very sloppy!

[@terrib627]

@@mammac4333 Are you forgetting that younger skaters work on technical content FIRST? The artistry comes after tech content is established. I don't know why you people keep thinking a 17 year old is going to have adult artistry. Just jealous of his jumping ability, I guess, so you have to insult him somewhere.

[@annwrog]

@@mammac4333, well it was enough to win.. I thought the music was difficult to interpret lyrically. It seemed unworldly and a weird choice. I think he made the best of a depressing song! His amazing jumps definitely perked it up considerably!! I thought the step sequence probably fit bestt to the music chosen. Out of the whole program, that part seemed to have the most feeling to me.

[@Parmen128]

I'm really looking forward to see him through the next years, I love his self confidence with which he performs now, I only hope he manages to keep it (and also good health), because I can sense he could be another Evgeni Plushenko format skater, one who create the trends, not only follows them....Keep pushing Ilia, good luck to you 🍀

[@verasamburova6000]

Поздравляем, Илья!

[@tacom1]

Very exciting to watch, you know something happens when this young man steps on the ice. Love the step sequence at the end, yes there can be some improvements, but his artistry has grown better already in a few months time. This is guy is a phenomen al ready.

[@donnyslader9025]

You are right - I think he farts twice then squeezes his cheeks - its very Russian of him.

[@tacom1]

@@donnyslader9025 Go find a hobby. I see all your negative posts here , so please if you dont like him, go away, its better for yourself!

[@rafearcher7882]

With him, missing Nathan in competition feels less unbearable. He already is mighty good, wait for his progress, folks 😄

[@donnyslader9025]

Nathan and Ilia are very similar - neither has any artistic talent...very sad. Patrick Chan had more artistry is a stool sample than any male skater today.

[@iamsoverybored878]

He would be unbeatable if he upset his artistic side.

[@donnyslader9025]

@@iamsoverybored878 Another foreigner Americans will never accept as their own because he is Russian. Ilia has Putin's photo in his bedroom for late night pleasure.

[@terrib627]

@@donnyslader9025 Chan is gone. Quit living in the past. This kid is Russian. His artistry will come.

[@ingaiskhakova8123]

Nathan will be back!

[@danielkristianson208]

Historic -- first fully rotated, cleanly landed quad axel in a major competition. Something NEITHER Nathan nor Yuzuru could accomplish. And Ilia made it look easy ! Beyond amazing !!

[@shiowchiao6079]

But, the program itself is un-cohesive, I could't find any beauty from the performance.

[@AT-jm4dl]

This is the 2nd time that Ilia has landed the 4A cleanly in an officially recognized ISU competition.

[@AT-jm4dl]

@@shiowchiao6079 He's only 17. If he still perform like this in 2026 then people have a legitimate reason to complain but for now Ilia's progressing nicely. If you've seen his performance just from two years ago then you'd recognize that he has made improvement in his spins, speed and presentation.

[@maggyblue9421]

You don’t need to diminish the two aforementioned skaters’ accomplishments to list this one’s. Hanyu broke how many world records? 15? 16? And Nathan pushed men’s skating by making quads a necessity for the podium. Your comment is tasteless at best.

[@emmaknoop7442]

@@shiowchiao6079 I feel that's the choreographers fault

[@reiinaahii9699]

i love the mt.everest choreo at the end, and while i do admit that the first half of the program falls flat, he has a lot of room for growth and im looking forward to seeing him progress!!!

[@jeremiad1962]

I hope he can find a choreographer to help him tie together the elements - it feels like a messy bag of tricks (and perhaps trying to fit too many in) - but he's obviously more than capable. Spectacular quads!

[@julierose-onkka5011]

I agree, his hand positions are sloppy, his legwork is lazy. His jumps are amazing, no argument. But the choreography is just a filler from one jump/combo to another

[@Bellajane127]

Congrats ILia!!! So proud of him for giving his all!!! He skated his heart out for this. This program will just get better and better in time.

[@donnyslader9025]

Starting with zero artistry means he can only add in some sophistication hopefully.

[@hyperactive_atlas]

I was so excited for this program all day. I was texting my friends about it and stuff (they don’t know anything about figure skating) but they said that they were excited because of how excited I was lol. I missed his 4A last time so all i’ve wanted since then was to see it live AND IT WAS AMAZING He’s such a skilled skater, technically and artistically and the fact that he’s my age makes all of this even cooler to me. I can’t wait to see where he goes from here!!

[@demiloca]

Wow. Gorgeous music and choreography too. Besides the astounding quads.

[@shiowchiao6079]

Where is choreography ? Illia's performance in this senior FP , with exception of quads, is not even up to the quality of Nathan's at 12 years old in National Junior competition. Jumping alone is not the whole package in figure skating.

[@faith5073]

@@shiowchiao6079 They weren’t talking about Nathan, you’re arguing with a wall

[@matthewjohansseen3175]

People that would probably fall in their ass the minute their skate touched the ice in here really being critics rn.. 💀

[@stressbook9832]

Awesome. May he be reborn as a player with a good mix of jumping and art like Nathan!!

[@edwardmontoya50]

He makes these quads look easy. Like triples almost.

[@Laura22_new]

Congratulations, Ilia! So talented, and I’m looking forward to seeing more in the future. ❤

[@livetoskatefigureskating4238]

Thanks for uploading this amazing program!

[@hoagymapleton2206]

Should 6:30 in the morning I just woke up and watch CNN and it's talking about this ice skater that did quadruples I go to KZbin and watch this kid and I'm blown away., I'm not even into ice skating per se but I am teared up the triumph of the human spirit way to go bro

[@fab42355]

Ilia Malinin brilliant 👏 👌 👍 🙌 😀 skate ⛸

[@arber7240]

Wow I expected him to have a lackluster choreo like every other jumping focused skater but hes??? Got a good choreo??? Wow congratz ilia!

[@donnyslader9025]

lackluster = zero artistry

[@terrib627]

@@donnyslader9025 How many times are you going to whine?

[@scastillo7419]

@@terrib627 Donny is obviously bitter and jealous. He’s probably butthurt over the Russians not being able to compete so he’s got to insult our 17 year old phenom.

[@donnyslader9025]

@@terrib627 I stopped whining and threw up my dinner as soon as I saw your photo.

[@phyllis9298]

Amazing 4A！ Hope to see more of the artistry performance🎉 17 years old, is an age with great opportunity ！

[@MrMay60]

Very high class - bravo! 👍👍😁

[@fjr4205]

So excited to see him grow and mature as an artist! His athletic abilities are truly impressive!

[@donnyslader9025]

Nothing like a Russian skating for the USA

[@ladydawgfan4832]

I appreciate this being posted. NBC didn't show this in my area and now the selfish bastards want me to subscribe to Peacock to watch skating which I cannot afford on my limited income. So I will watching here and hope people post the competitions.

[@pandabears7530]

Peacock has a promo right now for $1.99 per month for a year.

[@amexred]

Thank you for sharing this while you can . Appreciate it !!

[@ingaiskhakova8123]

Freaking Love it !USA new pride ,take the flame 🔥 from Nathan !🚀🙏💪🇺🇸

[@gstevens6948]

…and just think, he’s just getting started. 🔥 Brilliant.

[@dewaynewestmoreland3773]

This was great

[@user-dy9de2xv4g]

優勝おめでとうございます！ジャンプは高く、回転も速い。柔軟性もあり、素晴らしいですね。まだ軽くジャンプできる子ども体型に見えるので、これから筋肉量も増して大人の体型になっていくのでしょうね。逸材なので、怪我に気を付けて、長く頑張ってほしいです。日本男子も４A飛べる選手が出てくると（なかなか困難でしょうが）、盛り上がってきますね！！

[@alanmeyer7046]

THANK YOU ! So wonderful to watch this performance without having to listen to Tara Lapinski and Johnny Weir. Do they ever shut up ?

[@creolehaitian2646]

I can’t stand negative ass HATERS! This baby is doing the damn thing! He is AWESOME & anyone that says different is super jealous. But that comes with being great..I know all about it. GOOOO baby ❤

[@mavroly]

Amazing, and it looks so easy when he jumps. Wonderful!

[@fmaries7000]

Athleticism=phenomenal! You could tell he was running out of steam 3/4 of the way through. He's young, can't wait till he matures as an artist as well.

[@margheritadellorto8246]

Wonder of wonders! Congratulations Ilia, when he jumps I don't understand if he makes a triple or a quadruple ... and then it's a 4! Seems easy done by him.

[@Cdcd4444]

This one is graceful too

[@hannahbrown8075]

Amazing job

[@rienn8559]

i love his fs music so much omg embarrassing asf but i always skate to it

[@mmhashi6930]

クアドアクセル（4回転半）成功、逆転優勝おめでとうございます。うれしいです。

[@mimmipiggast2243]

Here we see the future! ❤

[@shiowchiao6079]

A long way to go, yet.

[@kingyo2806]

優勝おめでとうございます。 ジャンプの高さと回転軸の細さがうまく噛み合っての4Aも成功率はグンと上がってきてますね。所々で見られるステップでの危うさは持久力不足もあると思うので持久力ついてきたらもっと良くなるでしょうね。

[@anitabreakone]

No one even comes close to Ilia. I questioned why he wasn’t sent to the Olympics last year. He was ready then.

[@huiyinglu4514]

4A helped him a lot. He got 280 this time. He is still young. Let's see if he will get close to Nathan's world record 340.

[@huiyinglu4514]

His spin is not so good (somewhat slow?). But judges does not care.

[@russki1978]

4A base value is way too low for such a difficult jump (only one person in the world able to perform the element) and also Nathan got consistently overscored on PCS. They are both good technical jumpers with weak presentation skills but Nathan never had quad axel and even his triple was unreliable. So Ilia is easily the better of the two.

[@Boymanjusri]

@@russki1978 what a joke. Nathan is unreliable on his triples? And talking about PCS… hate you kidding me Ilia is on the same level with Nathan? Ilia’s skating skills and presentation are just junior level, you must be kidding me by comparing their PCS together. Good luck my dear.

[@66chippo]

@@huiyinglu4514 agree

[@glsavych]

@@russki1978 glsavych 1 second ago Ilia is better than nathan? hahaha they are not even on the same level! i hope ilia gets better but right now.... no. not even close. and to say that nathan had weak presentation. man, you need to brush up on your basic understanding of figure skating. (4A is great though, good for him).

[@tsuilitang1319]

Impressive jumping show

[@jpmiwa4405]

ジャンプだけじゃなくてスピンも多彩だし観てて楽しかったです。 久しぶりに凄い選手が出てきてワクワクしますね。

[@jakobmax3299]

Now iknow why most people think he will land a quint. He doesnt go full energy into his quad toe like other skaters, and it is very visible. With some harness training and fulll power a quint could definetly be possible with that boy.

[@ainsleyfraser2246]

THAT IS INSANE

[@pumkinhead2079]

He's my celeb crush

[@lexiekrewitt1735]

Наш ❤

[@plankboi]

So what's so great is this is the first one in international competition right? For it to have so much air and be landed as it was... just sensational to witness this kind of history. Sorry about your luck Hanyu.

[@deeangel6396]

He reminds me of Chen who had the technicals and flow then improve overtime getting better very fast.

[@glsavych]

nathan was never this bad with everything other than jumps.

[@Sonia94537]

@@glsavych for those who value performance and skating skills higher than jumps (Jason Brown fans 🙂), Nathan was unwatchable when he was 17...sorry to say that. Ilia will improve is he stays healthy and motivated, we shall encourage him now.

[@noran7809]

..For me Nathan was definitely more than watchable, even at 17.

[@misterpinsky9535]

@@noran7809 so go watch Nathan lol

[@noran7809]

@@misterpinsky9535 First: That I consider Nathan to be "more than watchable, even at 17" doesn't mean I consider other skaters to be "unwatchable" . Second: Let me decide who to watch.

[@liceous]

OMFG.

[@7.5Mviews]

I’m surprised Skate America was held in such a small arena. It looked much bigger on tv lol

[@mrl6956]

Yes, he partially bridges the gap when Nathan is absent.

[@grantnoroyan4083]

partially is a good way to express what he is doing he is not there yet!

[@alyssagrozier2219]

i’m confused half the video has no sound for me

[@petnapapeterson5169]

So, this is why one video only showed his quad axle, he fell on his combination and it’s not too bad for skating and choreography. He’ll mature and improve.

[@xyzxyzxyz8978]

Agree

[@terrib627]

He was doing a 3L+Euler+3A. I'm not sure anyone has ever landed that combo successfully.

[@AT-jm4dl]

@@terrib627 The sequence was 3L then 3A. There was no euler in between. The euler was in his 4L-euler-3sal, and he sat down on the 3sal.

[@pandabears7530]

@@terrib627 besides Ilia of course. He's landed many times before. 😉

[@sibyllefischer-steffan3989]

he has learned lots of things from yuzuru.

[@AT-jm4dl]

Like what ?

[@terrib627]

@@AT-jm4dl Fanyus got Fanyu. That's all they have now.

[@tenshin-okakura]

Loop?

[@karenmowers2294]

Last olay green bay packers game today

[@kyliemiu]

his jumping techique relies on his fast rotation in air. He has very little speed going into his jumps, yet he rotates so fast in the air that he is able to complete the full rotations.

[@AT-jm4dl]

His speed is decent, respectable. He does not slow down go into the jump. He has constant speed going into and out of the jump. And he jumps up into the jump to achieve height, which is the proper way of doing the axel, instead of rotating off the ice like you see from the tiny 3Axels being done by many of the female skaters. BTW, of course Ilia needs fast rotations. IT'S 4.5 revolutions that he must complete in the air! I'm not sure why some people think the 4A can/should be done like a delayed single or double axel; There isn't enough time to do that.

[@monty3335]

He has done some mistakes but it was a really difficult exercise so 8/10 usually if you fail they will give you 4

[@anitabreakone]

Would have loved to see The awards ceremony. Peacock cut it off right before it started. 😡

[@pandabears7530]

Me too. 😥

[@kczar1962]

Labrinth! Choreography a little messy but very stunning technical skills

[@starenatoui]

The impossible just became possible

[@user-wh9gq1iw7r]

優勝おめでとう｡ でも、まだまだジャンプだけでスピードが足りないので次のオリンピックまでにスピードとジェイソンブラウン選手の様な表現力を身に付けて日本選手と切磋琢磨して下さい。楽しみにしてます❤

[@GoogleUser-ee8ro]

Has he just done what Yuzuru had failed to do at olympics?

[@AT-jm4dl]

Yes. Ilia's the only skater right now that has a legit 4Axel in competitions and in practices.

[@ruthcastro4037]

he is a good jumper he executed and completed all the required jumps but how come his score was just a little higher of the second place i think there is something missing because figure skating is not all jumping they should figure it out.

[@biscuitcase83]

Because he is improving and also, well, it's Skate America...he will get a home country boost.

[@Boymanjusri]

Exactly. His skating is more like junior.

[@aspen327]

He improved. Nathan was a jumping bean for awhile. He not found his artistic side YET. KUDOS TO QUAD AXEL. They is impressive!!

[@huiyinglu4514]

He fell in both short/free program. His 4A earned him a lot points (some judges gave him high GOE?). Removing his 4A, other figure skater in the same competition might be better. His spin is somewhat slow. Well. He is only 17. (the second place skater is even younger than him). It's too early to say much about him yet. His artistry (PCS)/general skating skills - not there yet!

[@biscuitcase83]

@@Boymanjusri He is only just out of juniors really, so that's to be expected. He's just 18, male figure skaters tend to peak and mature after their teens

[@maouimaisnon2535]

He lacks a lot on the choreography and artistic side… this is not all about jumps

[@Parmen128]

I think you could watch ice skating more and don't be too hard on young skaters, all this men's competition at Skate America was more about showing the potential to me better than show the whole figure skaters, they all need to compete, to grow, to learn some more time, but it's definitelly in him, I can say, but we will see a few years later, so be patient 🙂

[@maouimaisnon2535]

@@Parmen128 Do you know why I commented this ? I was waiting for people to answer me what you just did. Strangely enough, when it’s Sasha who performs, people all get critical and mean towards her, saying that she doesn’t have any artistry and that figure skating is NOT ONLY ABOUT JUMPS. And it’s right, Sasha could work on this aspect. But instead of supporting her and at least in a first time applause her risk taking, people bash her. And when I say the same thing about Ilia, who is her age, a MAN ? People are all compassionate and encouraging, excusing his lack of artistry because of his age and still congratulating him for his exploits. Why can’t Sasha have the same treatment ? Why doesn’t she, as an athlete, can’t be supported like any other man ? See. I made this comment to demonstrate how the fan’s double standards between men and women were ruining the sport, and how despite the looks, figure skating was deeply sexist. And you just helped me to prove it.

[@Parmen128]

@@maouimaisnon2535 Maybe you"ll be surprised, but you bark on the wrong tree with me....I fully understand that the young skaters need to start somewhere, and not only men, of course, but I thought its understandable, I don't have any bias when it comes to sex, and I don't know why are you talking about this so harshly towards me....I think that new score system is done a little better because judges can differ well between technic and artistry, and it's right that figure skating is still about both....I also hope that we will be able to support not only young skaters to start, but also the older ones to stay, both men and women, I'm watching figure skating for aprox. 20 years now and I'm sad that skaters are ending too young, and especially women, maybe women figure skating has also problem with ageism? I don't know, but it seems like that....but you have a point that sport is sexist, some more, some lesser, but it derives from the whole sexist society.... ☹️☹️

[@maouimaisnon2535]

@@Parmen128 it was not directed to you specifically. But people who actually do the bias will see themselves if they read this comment. Because it’s the reality. Maybe not you, but sadly a lot of people think like this. They see worthiness in a female athlete only if she keeps her femininity aside for her athletic skills. Not all women quit the sport early, but keep in mind that as athletes do in a lot of other sports, skaters quit after they win big titles. Russian generally won every title there is possible to win before 18, including Olympics, so it’s not uncommon seeing them retire when they’re content with themselves. Keep also in mind that yes, figure skating is a sport that favors young women rather than 22-28yo women (that’s not old but you see what I mean). It’s physiological. Russian have understood that, that’s why they put so much efforts and money into forming young girls early. In the end they don’t have a shorter career, their career just started earlier (you can see 10-11yo Russians already wining competitions with ultra-Cs.). It may be sad for older woman but it’s becoming a reality (it always has been like that actually). Juniors are better than seniors.

[@edwardmontoya50]

Maybe it's the camera angle but for as incredible as his jumps are he speed isn't that fast.

[@milayalyuda1]

Сchoreography ?????

[@shiowchiao6079]

Exactly, choreography is non-existed, such a disappointment for the #1 placement in this competition.

[@mutualaidmakes5749]

Needs to work on flexibility and technique, and his program sucks but this kid has a lot of potential.

[@glsavych]

yeah 4A is great but I wish he had a good posture and knew what to do with his upper body. Not to mention zero sense of music and generic choreography. I hope he gets better with time.

[@viktoria8189]

The first ever person to have 4a and also had like 4 quads more in the fp. When to actually perform them you need more time to prepare....people like you "well, could have maybe smiled while performing those jumps, have good posture, fly there with the music". Meanwhile some skaters do not have his comps even while jumping triples and 3+2 🤦

[@Noname-rm6xi]

Вовремя Натан Член ушёл,не смог бы конкурировать с ним

[@amandalayson3727]

I was right only a Russian skater can land a quad axel!

[@thomasturnbaugh9773]

Beautiful jumper but lacking in the interpretation. I don't like the choice of music. It eems like alot of skaters lately don't have good music selections. Keep in mind this is just my opinion

[@giulianagrassi6392]

Grande saltatore ma molto acerbo nello stile. Spero che questo aspetto migliori ma, dubito, perché o lo si possiede oppure diventa qualcosa di artefatto quindi freddo

[@enricarossi7052]

Concordo pienamente. Basterebbe guardare Hanyu alla sua stessa età. Una differenza enorme.

[@eej9599]

ㅈㄴㅈㄴㅈㄴ 잘하는데 비점프 요소 넘 지저분함... 돌면서 손가락 쫙쫙 뻗을때 킹받기까지 하네

[@joeygallego3596]

ilia is good for the gold but cover agr is nothing folks no live cover age in youtube chanel.where iis the link to watch its skate america 2022 it all all profesional fugure skater not basic only why jgp is cover age is good the cover live in russian national.test is live also coverage why what happen cant afford so sad its poor cover age only no live or full replay tsk tsk tsk

[@myla4444]

bruh

[@Boymanjusri]

No wonder he was not at Olympics. There is nothing else other than his jumps. Well, his jumps are not perfect t either. I thought I would send him in stead of Jason. I was wrong

[@huiyinglu4514]

He finished 9th in the world this year without 4A. 4A helped him to gain a lot points (a few judges gave him high GOE). He has improved his overall skating skills, but not there yet. May be he will develop other aspect of "Figure" skating, not just jumping. Otherwise, we will just see short video clips about his axel jump, but not the whole program.

[@howardchan6167]

@@huiyinglu4514 Actually 4A accounts for 12.5 base points which is only one point less than 4lz. Even with 4A his total score is about 55 points lower than Nathan Chen's record. That is a lots of points to make up. Even with that he may win the Grand Prix Finals because his competition is weak. In the next few years he should do well because I don't see too many skaters, other than the Shoma and Yuma, can break 300 points. This kid has talent and hopefully he can continue to improve and be the best.

[@khinsushein4906]

No ida why, his speed of skating become significantly slow after he landed 4A. Plus he falls more often. Except 4A, no interesting elements at all in the show. I feel that Last year choreography was better. I expected a lot in him, but except 4A, the rest become a bit boring. His scores even with 4A in FP is not much compare to those who made figure skating great among the populace without 1 x4A. Boring !!!

[@AT-jm4dl]

The kid's 17. The Olympic is three years away - plenty of time for Ilia to further develop other aspect of his skating. While he's young it's more important to nail down the technique on the difficult elements. Once he does that then he can relax and work on other things in his skating.

[@khinsushein4906]

@@AT-jm4dl almost 18. I hope too, let's hope that 4A trainings wont wane progressively other jumps. He falls more often since 4A.

[@IsabellaVerandez]

I mean... even with a fall at the end of his 4LzEu3S combo, he scored 194+ in his free skate, and it's the fall of his first full year competing at the senior level. The only skaters to post a higher free skate in the +5 GOE era are Nathan, Yuzuru, Yuma, Shoma, and Vincent. Ilia is absolutely an incredible talent. And yes, he has lots to work on, sure, but he's got time. If he was perfect now, I'd be worried. The fact that he's not is a good thing, because it means that his peak is in the future.

[@kamui607]

羽生の次は彼だね。　今後の成長を楽しみにしているよ。　課題は他の方の意見もあるように表現力や個性かも。

[@lillianscott4194]

We don't need "Hanyu" under Malinin's video anymore. Leave, his fans. Very annoying.

[@mrl6956]

O yeah, we don't need Hanyu under Malinin's video ....

[@user-dq2il6wx5w]

ジャンプはできてるのかもしれないが、滑りがあまりにもひどすぎるかな〜今後に期待ですね。スピード感もなくて、なんだかな〜　ジャンプだけよければいい競技なんだっけ？

[@alexander28110]

Don't be so envious. Audience love him.

[@yahoo8364]

同じ日本人として恥ずかしいコメントやめてほしい

[@huiyinglu4514]

His 4A earned him lots points (some judges gave him high GOE?). But he fell in both short and free program, so he is not very consistent yet. I am not an expert - but I can tell his spin is somewhat slow. (quite a few people pointed this out too). His overall skating skills are not very mature yet. But, he is still young. Too early to say much.

[@user-dq2il6wx5w]

@@alexander28110 I love him,too. He did great. I just expected him lots more than jumping.

[@alexander28110]

@@user-dq2il6wx5w He is only 17, give him a time. He was obviously the best at this competition.

[@xyzxyzxyz8978]

Horrible !!!, he fell , lost balance a couple of times . But he is young so given the axel part there is possability , even though he only did this maneuver once but there is potential .

[@AT-jm4dl]

Fell once. Lost balance once. That was like 2-3 seconds out of a 4 minutes LP. Hardly what I would call "horrible".

[@ingaiskhakova8123]

😂:get over it jerk

[@ingaiskhakova8123]

😂-I lost my balance too -after his first jump ,clown

[@adrianaratsch-rivera7561]

Sad, indeed. Like practicing from jump to jump to meaningless music.

[@shiowchiao6079]

As difficult as quadruple axel is, the achievement of it , however , is not enough to be viewed as a figure skater's only goal. The whole program of Illia is really a disappointment to me as a viewer, it's important for him to put together a more balance and cohesive program for the future competition. To me, this gold placement has no meaning at all when you look at the quality of program.

[@rebeccanadialevi2594]

wow ! As for me, this was the best figure skating performance. The judges are "racist", russophobic and byos because he is russian - last year didnt let him compete on the olimpics even though he was second after Nathan on the USA competition. Instead of sending 1,2,3 places winners to the Olympics they send 1,3,4 which is just outrageous. So they cut him off even though he was so supposed to go to the olimpics.

[@monroefanatic]

That would be xenophobic.

[@evanperilstein5308]

Russians aren't a race. Plus, he's American because he was born here. And the decision not to send him to the Olympics was made before Russia invaded Ukraine, so your claims of Russophobia don't add up. Try again

[@broadwaybeat]

Lol racist against Russians 😂 that is rich. US figure skating chose to send Jason instead of Ilia, they didn’t decide to ban Ilia from the games. It was a fair decision in my opinion, jason had more experience and had a lot of fans in the sport who wanted him to compete.

[@omyogagal]

Rebecca, congratulations! You wrote the dumbest comment of the day.

[@biscuitcase83]

He was born in the USA...he has Russian heritage but that has nothing to do with it. He wasn't picked for Olympics because he was inexperienced as a senior. Jason had the body of work and the experience to be a safer choice. Also are you forgetting Russians did compete at the Olympics?

[@ingaiskhakova8123]

LOL:ruzzias bots :feel sorry fo yo ,yep ,just here and now -your favorite Boomerang came into your faces ,and -I am loving it 😂🙌

[@guillaumedupont7565]

High performance but where are the choreography the interpretation the transitions? I am very impressed by the sporting expoit without really appreciating the very poor program on the artistic level... I hope that this skater will soon bring together all these elements because he is very promising good luck for the next

[@donnyslader9025]

An arena that sits 2500 and there were hundreds of seats empty - USA Figure Skating going up like smoke just like their country. What a joke.