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Emery Lehman reveals how he got into speed skating

Emery Lehman reveals how he got into speed skating

Published by Sam Flores

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Figure Skating Has Never Seen Anything Like Ilia Malinin

Figure Skating Has Never Seen Anything Like Ilia Malinin

Published by José Betancourt

One of the pleasures of watching Ilia Malinin, apart from his indifference to gravity, is to witness him becoming. Becoming a world champion, as opposed to a juvenile with a skate-park mentality and a face like a Disney prince. Becoming a master of quadruple jumps that no one else can land, rising with all the ease of a young Michael Jordan—before landing on a pair of butcher knives, on ice. Explore the Special Preview: March 2026 Issue Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read. View More Sometimes there are evolutionary leaps in sport, the arrival of athletes so physically dynamic, they widen the eyes with incredulity: the gymnast Simone Biles thundering in the air, the swimmer Michael Phelps coursing through the water with a wake like an attack boat’s. Malinin is one of these. In December, while refining his routine for his first Olympic Games, in Milan, the 21-year-old figure skater landed seven quadruple jumps in competition, spinning like a weather vane in a windstorm. No other competitor landed …

Figure skating-Malinin, Chock and Bates reign at US Figure Skating Championships

Figure skating-Malinin, Chock and Bates reign at US Figure Skating Championships

Published by Sam Flores

Jan 10 : Ilia Malinin, ‌a red-hot favourite for gold at next month’s Milano-Cortina Olympics, cruised to a fourth consecutive national title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Saturday, while Madison Chock and Evan Bates captured a record seventh national ice dance crown. Malinin, who separated himself from the field in St. Louis with a remarkable performance in Thursday’s short programme, returned to score 209.78 points in the free skate for a 324.88 total in his final tune-up for the Olympics. The 21-year-old Virginia native has now won every competition he has competed at since the 2023 Grand Prix Final. Malinin ‌said he was playing it a little safer while breaking in his new skates, ‌noting that he usually did it around the nationals. “But these nationals were closer, because of the Olympics. I did not have a lot of time to get comfortable in them. Some days they can be good, some days they can be uncontrollable,” he said. “So, I decided to play it safe here, to save my conditions, conserve my …