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“Quad God” Ilia Malinin Makes Figure Skating History Performing To The Succession Theme

MONTREAL, CANADA – MARCH 23: Ilia Malinin of the United States of America poses with his gold medal after competing in the Men’s Free Program and finishing first during the ISU World Figure Skating Championships at the Bell Centre on March 23, 2024 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)

|Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images

Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old figure skater known as "Quad God" due to his ability to execute the extremely difficult to do quadruple Axel, won his first World Figure Skating Championship on Saturday night. In the routine, he managed to land a record-setting six quad jumps during his free skate portion of the event. And he did it all to the Succession theme song, which was composed by Nicholas Britell.

Britell congratulated Malinin on his achievement in a social media post, as Deadline points out.

Check it out below.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=HE1a9v1DX9I

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