Skating was the first contender to win the U.S. Championships, Ilya Malinin He won the short program and landed two exquisite quadruple jumps to take a big lead in Sunday’s free skate.
Marinin, the world’s second-best skater and by far the most popular skater, hit a quad Lutz combination and a quad toeloop in San Jose, California. He didn’t include his quad axel, a patented jump not allowed in his program in the short.
Malinin, who has had multiple jump errors in his last four short programs this season, told USA Network: “This whole season I was always very nervous for the short because I didn’t know what to expect, but this season I took the risk of learning something new by going to another choreographer. I think there is.”
He scored 110.36 points, leading the 2015 US champions by 10.11. Jason BrownThis will be her first appearance since she finished 6th at the Olympics last February. Brown he didn’t attempt a quad, but what Malinin has in the jump is what Brown has in artistry.
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Tomoki Hiwatashithe 2020 U.S. bronze medalist, who missed last year’s nationals because of COVID, is an additional 14.82 points behind third-placed Brown.
Camden Purkinenwas fifth at last year’s world championships, but fell on his first two jumps and finished 11th, 15.96 behind Hiwatari.
After the free skates, the committee will select the three-man teams for the World Championships in March.
Malinin, 18, is expected to attempt a quad axel in the free. This is his first full season as he has challenged for all four international events.
Malinin is next Nathan Chen He played in last year’s Nationals, but was rightly left out of the three-man Olympic team by a committee decision due to his inexperience.
With that momentum, in April, he won the world junior title with the largest gap in history. In September, he became the first skater to land his quad axel. This is the hardest of his six quadruple jumps and the only one yet to be completed. He considered becoming the first skater to land a quintuple jump.
Chen, who has won the last six US titles, has not competed since the Olympics and is not expected to return to competition, but he has not ruled out the possibility.
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