Reigning champ Malinin of US leads Japan's Kagiyama at figure skating world championships

Reigning Champ Ilia Malinin of US Leads Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama at Figure Skating World Championships

BOSTON (AP) — American figure skating sensation Ilia Malinin sheepishly grinned when his closest rival, Japanese star Yuma Kagiyama, said what seems to be on everyone’s minds these days: “I’m starting to think he’s invincible.”

Americans advance to free skate at World Figure Skating Championships

Danny O’Shea admitted he already had “a soft spot” for Boston before he took the ice with his partner Ellie Kam at the World Figure Skating Championships on Wednesday at TD Garden.

Reigning champion Ilia Malinin of U.S. leaps to early lead at figure skating worlds in Boston

Reigning world champion Ilia Malinin delivered a season-best short program on Thursday night, giving the young American star a slim lead over Japan's Yuma Kagiyama in what has quickly become a two-man race to this year's title.

Figure skating-Champion Malinin leads after stellar short program

BOSTON : Defending champion Ilia Malinin pulled off the best performance of his career to take the lead after a stunning short program at the World Figure Skating Championships in Boston on Thursday.American Malinin, undefeated this season, performed a historic six quadruple jumps in his free skate routin

Reigning champ Malinin of US leads Japan's Kagiyama at figure skating world championships

Reigning champion Ilia Malinin delivered a season-best short program to take the lead over Japan's Yuma Kagiyama heading into Saturday night's free skate. The 20-year-old Malinin delivered a pair of quads and a brilliant triple axel to score 110.41 points,…

Ilia Malinin looks invincible to his top rival at figure skating worlds

Ilia Malinin leads Yuma Kagiyama by a small margin going into the World Championships free skate.