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Malinin Rebounds From Olympics at the Worlds with a Personal-Best Short Program
- On Thursday, American Ilia Malinin led the men's short program at the Figure Skating World Championships in Prague, scoring a personal-best 111.29 points.
- Bouncing back from an eighth-place finish at the Milano-Cortina Olympics, the "Quad God" opened his routine with a quad flip and quad Lutz combination after struggling with pressure at his first Games.
- French skater Adam Siao Him Fa holds second place with 101.85 points, while Estonian Aleksandr Selevko sits third with 96.49 points after Japanese Olympic silver medalist Yuma Kagiyama fell during his lutz attempt.
- Toronto's Stephen Gogolev ranks fifth after a personal-best 94.38 points, while American Andrew Torgashev finished seventh and American Jacob Sanchez placed 10th in his senior worlds debut.
- Malinin enters Saturday's free skate with a lead exceeding nine points as he pursues a third successive world title.
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Quad God Ilia Malinin rebounds from Olympic disaster with a personal-best short program, big lead at worlds - The Boston Globe
With a new haircut, the 21-year-old American showcased all that the spectators in Prague expected from the defending two-time world champion.
·Boston, United States
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American figure skating star Ilia Malinin made a strong comeback at the World Championships in Prague after disappointing performances at the Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo Olympics. He wowed the judges in the short program today, setting a personal best with a score of 111.29 points.
Defending champion Ilia Malinin of the United States was the best in the men's short program at the World Figure Skating Championships in Prague.
·Budapest, Hungary
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