Ari Zakarian: “Ilia Malinin is the first skater to arrive at competitions not in sportswear but in an elegant style — he wears dress shoes and a coat.”
Interview with sports agent Ari Zakarian. original source: Championat dd. March 20th 2025 by Natalia Boku. [...]
Stanislava Konstantinova: “Resuming my career? Are you kidding? Only in my nightmares. The day I finished was the happiest. I love figure skating, I love performing, but training is hellish work.”
Interview with Stanislava Konstantinova. original source: MatchTV dd. Feb 19th 2025 by Maria Strogacheva. [...]
Alexei Mishin: “I like Yuma Kagiyama. I think he will win this year’s Worlds. His virtuosic command of the skate will allow him to excel, even without a full set of quadruple jumps.”
Interview with Alexei Mishin. original source: RT dd. January 17th 2025 by Elena Vaitsekhovskaya photo Daria [...]
Ari Zakarian: “Malinin attempted seven quads and landed six of them. Instead of moving this sport forward everyone started looking for under-rotations, examining millimeters under a magnifying glass, looking for reasons to downgrade.”
Ari Zakarian about the judging of Ilia Malinin and popularization of the sport. original source: Sport Express [...]
Natalia Bestemianova: “Watching the international Grand Prix now, besides Malinin, I didn’t see any other personalities in men’s singles skating. And it was unpleasant to see how he was judged.”
Natalia Bestemianova about men's skating in Grand Prix Final. original source: TASS photo FSRussia Natalia [...]
Ilia Malinin: “I was a bit surprised because some of the scores were a bit strict and harsh. But these are the judges, and you just have to accept it. Such decisions motivate me to improve the quality and work harder.”
Ilia Malinin about Grand Prix Final. original source: MatchTV 10th December by Veronika Gibadieva View [...]
Ari Zakarian: “The treatment of Malinin was a real fiasco. ISU sends a clear message: slow down on the difficult elements, no need to set records, just skate beautifully. Feel like you’re just ice ballerinas. Or ballerinos.
Interview with Ari Zakarian after the Grand Prix Final. original source: Championat 9th December by Russtam [...]
“At first, I was very nervous. I remember when Ilia was about 10, we went to some serious competitions. He performed a double lutz, and I swear, I almost fainted from fear.” Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov about coaching their son
Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov about coaching Ilia Malinin. original source: Sports by Maya Bagriantseva [...]
Rafael Arutyunyan: “What do I wish for Ilia Malinin? For the important things he has planned in his life to definitely come true. And that he should not be afraid to make difficult and uncomfortable decisions. It’s not always possible, nor necessary, to be nice.”
Rafael Arutyunyan about working with Ilia Malnin original source: Sports by Maya Bagriantseva View this [...]
Shun Sato: “I feel a tremendous gap between me and Malinin, almost like we are on different levels now. However, going forward, I think he is someone I need to compete against and beat in the future.”
Shun Sato on winning silver at Skate Canada 2024. original source: Nikkansports / Nikkansports / Nikkansports dd. [...]
Ari Zakarian: “Now, I would call his skating skills a huge credit to Ilia himself because he works on it more than anyone else I’ve ever seen in our sport.”
Ari Zakarian about working with Ilia Malinin. original source: RT View this post on Instagram [...]
Ari Zakarian: “Malinin will greatly surprise fans this sports year. In every appearance on the ice, he does something new.”
Ari Zakarian told that Ilia Malinin will be surprising fans in the new season. original source: MatchTV [...]
Anna Shcherbakova: “I have immense respect for Kaori Sakamoto. Even in the absence of serious competition, it’s important not to lower your own bar, to show the maximum of your capabilities.”
Anna Shcherbakova about Kaori Sakamoto and Ilia Malinin. original source: RBK photo Aleksandr Misyakin / [...]
Ilia Malinin: “I have a goal of staying at the top in every competitions”
Translation of Ilia Malinin's interview for GQ Japan. original source: gqjapan.jp dd. 16th May 2024 by Kana [...]
Anton Sikharulidze: “We would always be happy to welcome Ilia Malinin in the Russian team.”
Anton Sikharulidze has announced that Russia would gladly welcome skater Ilia Malinin. original source: Channel [...]
“It’s an understandable desire of Russian media to see him as a Russian athlete. On the other hand, he’s Russian anyway. Yes, he was born in America, but his roots are here. His mentality, of course, is already American.” Ilia Malinin’s grandfather
Ilia Malinin's grandfather, Valeri Malinin about Ilia's character, World Championships and quintuple [...]
Yuma Kagiyama: “I think Malinin will raise his level in various areas next season, so I have to make a tremendous effort to catch up even a little.”
Yuma Kagiyama about past season and competing with Ilia Malinin. original source: Nikkansports / Hochi News [...]
“Loena Hendricks when she skates well and gives modest interviews.” Evgenia Medvedeva named best skaters of the season
Translation of Evgenia Medvedeva's comments about best skaters of this season. original source: TASS [...]
Ari Zakarian: “Previously, people didn’t even think that it was possible to perform the things that Malinin performs now. And it’s just the beginning. It’s not the limit of his capabilities.”
Translation of Ari Zakarian's comments about Ilia Malinin and development of figure skating. original source: [...]
“The most effective thing was to skate with arms and legs weights during trainings.” Ilia Malinin about working on jumps
Translation of Ilia Malinin's comments about working on jumps. original source: number.bunshun.jp posted 3d April [...]
“The moment I stepped onto the ice, I had a strange feeling that ‘today’s performance would either be the best or worst of my life.'” Ilia Malinin about going for quad axel and winning Worlds
Translation of Ilia Malinin's comments about winning 2024 World Championships. original source: number.bunshun.jp [...]
Shoma Uno: “Malinin is skating in a different dimension from me, and that is an undeniable fact. I was desperate to keep up, but my best effort couldn’t match what is usual for him.”
Translation of Shoma Uno's comments about 2024 World Championships. original source: number.bunshun.jp 27th March [...]
Ilia Malinin: “I decided to go for a quad axel literally when I stepped out onto the ice and got into the starting position.”
Translation of Ilia Malinin's comments about winning at the 2024 World Championships. original source: sports.ru by [...]
Ilia Malinin: “It’s great that I was able to inspire someone to try quad axel. My goal is to advance figure skating, I hope there will be even more successful attempts in the future.”
Translation of Ilia Malinin's comments about quad axel. original source: sports.ru by Maya Bagriantseva [...]