
The Quad God has done it. U.S. figure skating star Ilia Malinin returned to the ice for the 2026 World Figure Skating Championships in Prague, Czechia, where he triumphantly clinched a three-peat in the competition just a month after his Olympic heartbreaker.
Looking like a more confident and suave version of himself, Malinin skated his way to gold for his third straight world title on Saturday. He beat Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama and Shun Sato for the crown with a total score of 329.40; Kagiyama took home silver (306.67) while Sato took home bronze (288.54).