How it feels to watch @ilia_quadg0d_malinin’s Quadruple Axel for the first time (and every time since). In 2022, I recorded Ilia Malinin landing the first ever Quadruple Axel (4.5 revolutions) in Grand Prix competition. Specifically, I wanted to capture the crowd’s reaction after the jump. Every single face in that sold out crowd was there to watch something once deemed impossible. I know at least one photographer who didn’t even want to shoot it—he just wanted to witness it with his own two eye

Watch & learn the first step to a quad axel: the waltz jump! | U.S. Figure Skating

𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆! 🤩 When 19-year-old Ilia Malinin from the US made figure skating history by becoming the youngest ever to land a quad Axel at the World Championships! 🥇⛸ | TNT Sports

Tara Lipinski takes a closer look at Ilia Malinin’s quad axel by the numbers. 🔍 | NBC Olympics & Paralympics

HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE❗️ Ilia Malinin lands the first quad Axel in history 🤯 at the #USIntlClassic | U.S. Figure Skating