Malinin's World Championship Three-Peat

0:00It's March 29, I'm Corey with The Story, and this is Global News Today, your AI-powered World Briefing. Elia Malinan reclaimed his spot at the top in men's figure skating, winning his third straight world championship title in Prague. Six weeks after bombing the Olympic Free Skate, the quad god nailed five massive quadruple jumps and threw in a backflip scoring to 018. Point 1-1 in the Free Skate for a total of 329.40. Seeing last like he did last year, Malinan skipped his quad axle, but dominated anyway, leaving Japan's Yuma Kageyama in second with 306. Point 6-7 in Shun Satou, third at 288.54. Kageyama beat his personal best, but settled for another silver, his fourth at Worlds. Malinan called it a pressure-free vibe after the Olympics, just focusing on fun and getting through clean, crediting the crowd for pulling him through. The tough moments, Kageyama felt the same relief, happy with a solid skate post, his own

1:03Olympic letdown. Meanwhile in Ice Dance, Olympic Chance Lawrence-48 Bodhry and Guillaume Cisarone grabbed World Gold with personal bests of 100, 38.07 free dance, and 230.81 total. Canada took silver for the third year running, while a surprise U.S. bronze wins Amalia Zingas and Vatum Kolesnik after a British deduction dropped. Thinback. Malinan's three-peak makes him the first American man to do it, since Nathan Shin, proving he's bouncing back stronger and setting the stage for what's. Next in Skating's Big Leagues.