Northern Virginia teen making figure skating history

17-year-old skater, Ilia Malinin, is the first and only skater to land a quadruple axel in competition.

[@macweilman535]

Why are Russians and Americans fighting in the comments…he literally represents the best of both countries

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

This!

[@BillieBailey-th3lc]

Cuz Russ-kas don't have anyone who is allowed to compete, so they are "claiming" him!

[@globetrotting2628]

This boy has it all for figure skating: A great body type, genes (his mother and father were champion figure skaters), training, personality, confidence and talent.

[@debraenderle4737]

And now he's a world champion!

[@JHmovement]

I went to elementary school with this kid. He beat some girl in a ballet dance off during the 6th grade school dance.

[@rachellewang6565]

I want proof

[@JHmovement]

@@rachellewang6565 the school name was Westbriar elementary in Fairfax county VA. I have no solid proof besides the fact I’m not into ice skating in the slightest and have nothing to gain from lying. All the girls loved him so i used to be a lil jealous of that 😂

[@divinaparayno4181]

His greatness in that form of skating art is literally unbelievable. His quads air skill is amazingly a wow factor to watch. Never seen that type of skate performer. Parents do continue to nurturing his talent. God bless.

[@mothermovementa]

He's the 1st quad axel ever in history

[@DellesSimon]

He was number 1

[@anamariaatencio38]

He has a natural charisma is kind and cute

[@hellstoastt]

gravity doesn't pull him, he pulls gravity it's a bird! it's a plane! no it's just ilia

[@anamariaatencio38]

He’s amanzing boy and incredible athlete!! Congratulations and I’m very sure about your success!!!🎉🎉

[@ahmetboran873]

GOD BLESS HIM, SO SMART,SO HUBLE SO FAITHFUL AND SO DILIGENT.............

[@ajayankmusic]

Cast Him as Spiderman ASAP!

[@MyDearLady]

Папа и мама Ильи умнички! Так последовательно тренировали сына. Папа с такой заботой обучает его технике прыжка и страхует на трапеции, мама, наверное за художественную часть отвечает:)👍

[@user-eb3cd4tx7t]

Чудесный мальчик!!!

[@bigbuggie5]

He’s amazing!

[@simplyeason]

man he’s cute and talented

[@kaylobaines73]

Right arm brother 💪 That’s a hammer 🔨 Dope skills

[@murdermatics]

To be so confident on skates as you are at walking. If not more.

[@ninasid7167]

Русский Мальчик: In January 2000, Malinina married Roman Skorniakov.[5] Their son, Ilia Malinin (born in 2004), is a competitive figure skater for the United States.[6] Their daughter was born in 2014. Тatiana Valeryevna Malinina (Russian: Татьяна Валерьевна Малинина; born 28 January 1973) is a Russian-Uzbekistani retired figure skater who competed for Uzbekistan.[1] She is the 1999 Grand Prix Final champion, the 1999 Four Continents champion, a two-time (1998, 2001) NHK Trophy champion, and a ten-time (1993-2002) Uzbek national champion. Malinina was born on 28 January 1973 in Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR.[2] Her mother was a gymnast and her father a figure skater.[3][4] The family moved to Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, when she was a teenager.[1][4] In 1996, Malinina returned to Russia and lived in Yekaterinburg until moving to Dale City, Virginia in 1998.[1] She graduated from the Siberian Academy of Physical Culture in Omsk, Russia. In January 2000, Malinina married Roman Skorniakov.[5] Their son, Ilia Malinin (born in 2004), is a competitive figure skater for the United States.[6] Their daughter was born in 2014. kzbin.info/www/bejne/goWrkpSIfdtpbKs kzbin.info/www/bejne/qImlnWRrj7CLaKs

[@EughhBrothereughh]

Ой бля обязательно надо это ткнуть? Он американец! И точка

[@mayuri5928]

russian atheletic dna is godlike

[@elijimenez7710]

I will have to agree

[@Dnn411]

don’t forget to have fun too.

[@veronicafoxx27]

He's from here? Awesome

[@marynoonan6111]

So, stop calling him Russian. He’s American. He was born there

[@GARose-kt4jc]

Since Russ-kas aren't allowed to compete, they're "claiming" him!.....even though HE identifies as AMERICAN!

[@akawhippy]

He has a lot of Alexander Abt vibes!

[@coconutzrule5935]

Who came here from his Olympic World Title vid haha?

[@whatsLifetho]

Hes gonna unlock all axels bru💀

[@Noname-rm6xi]

Молодец, парень! Так держать! Помнится ,победе Алины на ОИ в США все известные спортсмены и комментаторы радовались, восхищались, посвящали ей целые выпуски передач, а про четверной аксель Ильи в России просто отметили каждый известный спортсмен,тренер несколькими хорошими словами в его адрес и все,при этом не забывая его русские корни😂

[@maryanaromanchuk5953]

Так пишайтеся, але не думаю, що Ілля радий вашій похвалі. Вбивати українців ви вмієте, істоти є істотами. Тепер закритий світовий спорт для вас. Самі винні в тому. Ви тільки своїх хвалите і возвеличуєте, ви ніколи не поважали інших спортсменів.

[@guka888]

У россиян такая сущность, что гнобят своих же спортсменов. Скажите «спасибо», что эти несколько слова были хорошими.

[@erika6651]

His roots are irrelevant. He is American. He'll have a much better life here than he ever would in Russia, a country destined for destruction.

[@EughhBrothereughh]

Его семья из Узбекистана. Им пох на ваши русские корни

[@EughhBrothereughh]

@@maryanaromanchuk5953 🙏🤌 це правда как говорится

[@clairejasper1864]

Just wait til people ask to take pics with him

[@Jen-yx5mz]

as a fellow first generation american like Ilia we are both countries. he is not simply just amerian and he is not simply just russian. it doesnt work that way with first gens, especially when we were raised in non-american households and speak our parents lanugage. he is russian american. end of.

[@akinsheye1]

Chazz Michael Michaels

[@jamangel]

Aww

[@pureffm]

He is as North Virginian as I am Russian.

[@BB-fp6gh]

Stupid comment. He was born in the United States. Are you even aware that your North Virginian roots are at best 3rd or 4th generations ago? Your pic profile doesn’t seem like a Native American face. Your relatives immigrated to United States and Malinin’s parents did the same.

[@benjaminccao]

I hope he doesn't try quints. He can easily win without them.

[@winniestarwins]

Now I'm convinced I'll never make it as a figure skater... I mean, how many of us don't have the genes and the training... It really makes me want to give up my dreams of ever becoming a skater. I live in a third-world country and, uh, we don't really have an ice rink. Not even one.

[@marcip6820]

Where are you from?

[@winniestarwins]

@@marcip6820 Sri Lanka

[@adamogly1841]

FYI: HE'S A RUSSIAN, WHICH MAKES THIS HISTORY EVEN BETTER!!! Молодец парень, так держать!!!

[@jq4392]

he’s never been to russia he’s parents didn’t even compete for russia he’s an american born and raise

[@adamogly1841]

@@jq4392 It doesn't really matter where he was born, be it even Mars not US, he speaks the language and behaves accordingly. His parents were born in Russia and they're Russians although they lived in Uzbekistan. He may identify himself an American, which is a somewhat experimental "nation", but he's still a Russian by origin and nation. The very foundation of the US started by a bloody Genocide of Indigenous People of the New World and later artificially transformed into a "nation".

[@jq4392]

@@adamogly1841 exactly so he’s just an american who represents his country what about being russian that makes this history even better

[@adamogly1841]

@@jq4392 For a Russophile like myself, it's just an expression of my purely subjective satisfaction and impression that the history is made by a person of Russian origin in an extremely Russophobic pseudo-country like the US.

[@jq4392]

@@adamogly1841 yeah but what his origins has to do with any of this he identifies himself as an american he will always be known as an american, doesn’t it feel kinda embarrassing to claim him even tho what he’s doing has nothing to do with being russian? plus what his victory and russophiles has to do with being in an ‘’extremely russophobic country'' do you think that america will reduce him just because of his origin? russians mindset is so funny ngl😂 the least thing americans would think about is someone’s ''origins'' especially if they were white

[@cs0779533]

unconventional extra curricular activities.

[@galatekstil-ru]

Прекрасный фигурист. Отличная русская школа фигурного катания!

[@gunelozil]

Какая русская школа? Он родился и вырос в США, родители из Узбекистана и выступали за Узбекистан.

[@natalyan6034]

@@gunelozil мама его родилась в Новосибирске и фигурным катанием занималась там же у своего отца. А за Узбекистан она начала выступать в 93 году, в 20 лет. Отец его из Свердловска в Узбекистане с 96 года.Так что у Ильи русская школа. Так же у Чена все тренеры из России

[@Figure_Sk]

​@@gunelozilОНИ ИЗ РОССИИ

[@marcip6820]

@@natalyan6034 Sverdlovsk is not in Uzbekistan, but in Russia.

[@lorrainemiddy4011]

ba careful....injury might end your career

[@mraquafy]

We don't think like that he gonna hit that quin sal

[@jamangel]

Don't do that