MOSCOW, Sep 18 Figure skater Ilya Malinin, representing the USA, entered the Book of Records Guinness, performing the first quadruple axel in the competition. The 17-year-old athlete performed the jump at the U.S. International Classic, where he took first place with 257.28 points.» Only two skaters — Yuzuru Hanyu and Artur Dmitriev Jr. — attempted a quadruple axel in competition before 17-year-old Malinin successfully landed it during a free program in Lake — Placid. This is the last jump that was successfully completed in four turns, «says the description of the achievement on the Guinness Book of Records website. Malinin was born in the United States in the family of figure skaters Tatyana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov. Athletes are natives of Russia, in the 1990s they began to represent Uzbekistan, since 1998 they have been living in the United States.
