MOSCOW, Sep 15 Figure skater Ilya Malinin, playing for the US national team, became the first who managed to cleanly perform a quadruple axel in competition. Malinin performed at the U.S. International Classic, where he took first place with 257.28 (71.84 for the short program + 185.44 for the free program) points. The 17-year-old athlete included a quadruple axel in the free program, the judges gave the skater 13.50 points (base value — 12.50 points). champion Japanese Yuzuru Hanyu.
