Ilia Malinin 2024 Worlds Free Skateboard. Ilia malinin is halfway to securing his second straight world medal after finishing third in the men’s short program thursday at the isu world figure skating championships. He became just the second skater ever to land six.

He became just the second skater ever to land six. Malinin set the world record for highest free skate score at the 2024 world championships in march and became the first athlete to land a quad axel in a short program.