Published Mar 28, 2026, 1:14 PM ET · Updated 8 months ago · 2 sources

After Olympic pain, Malinin wins third world title

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Six weeks after a disastrous skate knocked Olympic gold-medal favorite Ilia Malinin off the podium, the "quad god" reeled off one huge jump after another, and a backflip for good measure, to retain his world championship title for the third year running.