Ilia Malinin creates figure skating history with first ever quad Axel, says 'it felt really good'
Ilia Malinin has created figure skating history by landing the first ever quadruple axel in competition at the US International Figure Skating Classic in Lake Placid. Skaters have done the iconic move in training, but 17-year-old Malinin is the first athlete to complete a fully rotated quad axel in history during his free skate to 'Euphoria' by Labrinth. Ad Since 1978, the technique has been frozen at a triple, which is a rotation of 1,260 degrees.


