‘Succession’ Theme Fueled Ilia Malinin’s Men’s Figure Skating Title

Ilia Malinin’s record-setting evening in Montreal over the weekend break was fueled by songs from a prize-winning program he had actually never ever enjoyed.

The 19-year-old American won his very first males’s Globe Figure Skating Champion title Saturday with the theme songs to HBO’s hit collection Sequence having fun throughout his complimentary skate regimen, which gained him a document 227.79 indicate the joy of an involved group.

“I don’t even have a subscription to HBO,” Malinin informed The New york city Times.“But if I get it, I’d definitely watch.”

Malinin entered his complimentary skate regular requiring a huge minute after positioning 3rd in the brief program, and he provided.

As soon as Nicholas Britell’s soundtrack began using the speakers at Bell Centre, followers started slapping and Malinin– nicknamed the “Quad God” for his quadruple leaps– sprang to life. He landed 6 quadruple leaps, consisting of the quadruple axel that just he has actually ever before landed in competitors.

Malinin, that goes to George Mason College and is trained by his moms and dads, both previous Olympic skaters for Uzbekistan, stated in a Greetings America meeting that his choreographer and moms and dads assisted him select the songs.

“I was really interested to try this piece of music,” Malinin informed GMA.“It was something that I’ve never skated to before, and it was a different style of skating for me to try, but I was looking forward to it. And I think that it really helped me boost my skating ability and to really progress and how I’m able to play around with different genres to improve my skating overall.”

After his winning efficiency, in which nothing else skater was within 20 factors of his overall rating, Malinin went down to his knees and taken in joys from the group.

“I knew that this could be the best skate of my life,” Malinin stated,“or it could go terribly wrong.”

The theme songs has a background of success. It gained Britell a Grammy election in 2023, among lots of honors for the HBO reveal that won 19 Emmys and 9 Golden Globes throughout its four-season run from 2018-2023.

Britell informed the Times: “It is really exciting to see the score transcend beyond the TV screen.”