Maria Butyrskaya: “Malinin is also one of ours. He’s not even an American in the literal sense; he represents this country only by territorial indication.”
Translation of Maria Butyrskaya's comments about Ilia Malinin. original source: sport-express.ru View [...]
“As a skater, Adam Siao Him Fa is on a different level than Ilia Malinin. He understands what he’s doing while Ilia still skates like a junior.” Russian ice dancer David Narizny
Russian ice dancer David Narizny shared his opinion on men's single skating. original source: Championat photo [...]
Ekaterina Bobrova: “I have immense respect for Ilia Malinin but I want him to develop a second mark. I want him to come closer to the title of figure skating king.”
Translation of Ekaterina Bobrova's comments about Ilia Malinin. original source: Hod Konkom (Skate Move -ed.) [...]
Shoma Uno: “People who can match Malinin in jumping skills may not appear for several decades. He might reach a level where competitions are no longer interesting.”
Translation of Shoma Uno's comments about Ilia Malinin and his goals to win Worlds this season. original source: [...]
Ilia Malinin: “My goal is to land all six quads in one program.”
Translation of Ilia Malinin's comments about quad axel and goal to perform all six quads in one program. original [...]
“No one in the world has been able to repeat his record yet; there haven’t been any attempts by anyone.” Tatiana Tarasova about Ilia Malinin’s quad axel in the short program
Tatiana Tarasova commented on Ilia Malinin's quad axel at the Grand Prix Final. original source: MatchTV [...]
“But because he is an American, I don’t think it’s worthy of our discussion now. It’s not right. I love my country and I believe that our skaters are still the best.” Irina Slutskaya about Ilia Malinin’s quad axel
Tranlsation of Irina Slutskaya's comment about Ilia Malinin's quad axel. original source: Championat [...]
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva: “Looking at Ilia Malinin now, I believe that a quintuple jump is real.”
Translation of Elizaveta Tuktamysheva's comments regarding quintuple jumps. original source: Elizaveta [...]
“I had hoped to push and evolve the sport, inspiring other skaters as well. However, if I can’t get the judges’ recognition, the risk may not be worth taking.” Ilia Malinin for Japanese media
Translation of Ilia Malinin's comments about his performance at Grand Prix de France and quadruple axel. original [...]
Ilia Malinin: “It seems to me that when the ISU lowered the value of quad axel jump, it sent a message that they don’t need unique elements.”
Translation of Ilia Malinin's comment about not jumping quad axel at the Grand Prix de France 2023. original [...]
Ekaterina Bobrova: “All the American team of male single skaters at Skate America is Russian. They’re trying to cancel Russian figure skating, but it’s not working very well.”
Translation of Ekaterina Bobrova's comments about Russian skaters at Skate America. original source: Championat's [...]
Tatiana Malinina: “We don’t go to California to work with Arutyunyan very often because Ilia attends school. But Ilia enjoys working with Rafael a lot.”
Translation of Tatiana Malinia’s comments about Ilia's cooperation with Rafael Arutyunyan made in the interview for [...]
Tatiana Malinina: “You can’t establish the Russian training system in America. You have to pay for all different lessons because the rink doesn’t provide such an option.”
Translation of Tatiana Malinia’s comments about training system in the USA made in the interview for [...]
Tatiana Malinia: “Ilia was inspired by Yuzuru Hanyu. Each time Hanyu made an attempt of quad axel, Ilia cheered for him and wanted him to land it at the Olympics.”
Translation of Tatiana Malinia's comments about her son Ilia Malinin learning quad axel made in the interview for [...]
Alexandra Trusova: “In the shape I was in back at the Olympics I’d participate in jumping competition and I’d like to compete with Chen, Malinin, Hanyu and Uno it it was international.”
Translation of Alexandra Trusova’s comments about quadruple and quintuple jumps and her attitude to jumping [...]
Rafael Arutyunyan: “I saw that Malinin had the quadruple axel in him from the very beginning. I believe in the quintuple toe loop too, he can do it.”
Translation of a big interview with Rafael Arutyunyan. About Ilia Malinin, Nathan Chen, Mao Asada and difficulties in [...]
Ari Zakaryan: “If the world had been properly informed that Ilia Malinin performed quadruple axel at the World Championships for the first time in history, it would have raised the level of our sport on a global scale.”
Interview with sports agent Ari Zakaryan. In an interview, Zakaryan talks about the state of the ice shows market [...]
Oleg Vasiliev “In Russia everything is based not solely on talent but primarily on the system. The system is designed to win medals and requires specific results from athletes within a specific timeframe.”
Big interview with Oleg Vasiliev. Parts of the interview were posted before. photo Alexander Vilf / RIA Novosti [...]
Oleg Vasiliev: “Could Ilia Malinin achieve everything he is showing now if he had an American mentality? I highly doubt it.”
Part of the interview with Oleg Vasiliev, Olympic champion in pair skating and coach of Olympic champions about figure [...]
Sergei Davydov: “Quintuples are only possible with a big prerotation? But there are also prerotations on quads. If you’re not “cheating”, it’s very difficult to execute the jump.”
Coach Sergei Davydov about Ilia Malinin and results of World Championships, development of figure skating and [...]
Ari Zakaryan: “Initially an easier content was planned, but Ilia is a guy who performs on adrenaline, so despite the visible fatigue and lack of rest after Worlds, he went for difficult content.”
Ilia Malinin's agent Ari Zakaryan commented on Ilia performance at the World Team Trophy 2023. View this [...]
Daniil Gleikhengauz: “At all the competitions we had in our country in women’s skating, elements were performed that were not seen at the World Championships.”
Daniil Gleikhengauz about the 2022/23 season. photo matchtv source: TASS / TASS Daniil Gleikhengauz: The [...]
Alexander Lakernik: “The development of club sports in figure skating is a virgin field with lots of opportunities. In this case, athletes represent not their countries but their clubs, which is not prohibited at all.”
Interview with Alexander Lakernik, ISU honorary vice-president. Lakernik assessed the level of the World Championship [...]
“Malinin went for quadruple axel and it was completely underscored. The judges just spat in his face!” Interview with sport’s agent Ari Zakaryan
Interview with sport's agent Ari Zakaryan. About this season, Ilia Malinin and World Championships. View [...]