{"id":17476,"date":"2026-03-30T22:12:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=17476"},"modified":"2026-03-30T22:12:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:12:34","slug":"ilia-malinin-pulls-off-an-unbelievable-and-jaw-dropping-figure-skating-move-while-performing-in-jeans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=17476","title":{"rendered":"Ilia Malinin Pulls Off an Unbelievable and Jaw-Dropping Figure Skating Move While Performing in Jeans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">Ilia Malinin doesn\u2019t respect the law of physics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">The 21-year-old has had the most stressful two months of his life, from preparing for the Winter Olympic Games to being one of the main characters of the event, to then having to shake off a disappointing finish to defend his crown at the\u00a0Figure Skating\u00a0World Championships.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/1faf58d\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3939x2626+0+0\/resize\/2000x1333!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7f%2Fa2%2F6b42cc5d4efc823b0f7415426faa%2F1534228-sp-1217-olympics-ilian-malinin-rcg-6023.jpg\" alt=\"Why Olympic star Ilia Malinin might revolutionize figure skating - Los Angeles Times\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3619133031508264\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"unfilled\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_3_host\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"aswift_3\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" 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name=\"aswift_5\" width=\"390\" height=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-google-container-id=\"a!6\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-query-id=\"CKa4_oLSyJMDFcFLHgIdKyAovQ\" data-origwidth=\"390\" data-origheight=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">Malinin got a bit of redemption for his follies at the\u00a0Olympics\u00a0with a third-straight men\u2019s individual world title in Prague, and then finally had some fun after weeks of drama following his every move.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">At the exhibition gala event to close out the figure skating season and Worlds, Malinin starred as one of the final performers to take the ice.<\/p>\n<div 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