BOSTON — We've reached the final day of the 2025 world figure skating championships in Boston − and the day that Ilia Malinin will hope to defend his title and cement his place as the man to beat at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics.
Malinin, 20, will be the last person to take the ice at TD Garden tonight for his free skate and entered the day with a lead of roughly three points over Yuma Kagiyama of Japan. The only skater in history to land a quadruple axel in competition, Malinin has not lost a competition in nearly 18 months and will be going for his second consecutive world title.