{"id":16320,"date":"2026-03-26T08:57:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=16320"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:57:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:57:50","slug":"star-ilia-malinin-returns-with-a-new-look-set-to-redefine-his-world-championship-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=16320","title":{"rendered":"Star Ilia Malinin returns with a new look set to redefine his World Championship performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s showtime for Ilia Malinin.<\/p>\n

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A little over a month ago, Malinin had one of the most public collapses in Winter Olympic Games history in Milan, Italy.<\/p>\n

He was the gargantuan favorite to win the men\u2019s individual\u00a0figure skating\u00a0competition, and all he had to do was skate cleanly. Malinin didn\u2019t need to do anything special. After his two closest competitors both fell in their free skate segments, all the 21-year-old American had to do was play it safe and win his second gold medal of the Games.<\/p>\n

\"Ilia<\/p>\n

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Malinin folded. The world collapsed around him, and he admitted, following the worst performance of his career, that the Olympic pressure had gotten to him.<\/p>\n

But he\u2019s ready to redeem himself, at least a little, at the Figure Skating World Championships.<\/p>\n

The back-to-back men\u2019s world champion, Malinin, will try for the repeat in Prague.<\/p>\n

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MILAN, ITALY \u2013 FEBRUARY 08: Ilia Malinin of Team United States competes in Men\u2019s Single Skating \u2013 Free Skating Team Event on day two of the Milano Cor\u2026<\/span>