Ilia Malinin won his first world figure skating title in emphatic fashion — becoming the second skater to land six quadruple jumps in one program and the first to do it with a quad Axel. The American ...

Ilia Malinin, right, celebrates with fans at the U.S. figure skating championships Sunday in Columbus, Ohio. Ilia Malinin established such a big lead after his peerless short program at the U.S.

The men’s short program at the world figure skating championships lived up to the billing. The sport’s three most accomplished active men — Japan’s Shoma Uno and Yuma Kagiyama and American Ilia ...