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Ilia Malinin is the only skater in history to complete a quad axel in competition. Here's what that means.

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Ilia Malinin is the world's finest figure skater. His quadruple axel is the biggest reason why.

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What makes it so impressive? Any axel jump–single, double, triple, or quad–actually involves an extra half rotation. So a single axel is really 1.5 turns in the air, the double 2.5, and so on. So yes, ...

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The quad axel is the most difficult skill ever performed in figure skating – and the only person in the world who has ever landed one in competition is Ilia Malinin. If you haven't heard his name ...