SportsTuesday, November 10
Ilia Malinin opens his Grand Prix season at Skate America in Everett on Fri., Nov. 13
The Daily Everett team
If you like figure skating, Skate America returns to Everett Nov. 13-15 at Angel of the Winds Arena, bringing world-class skaters to the Pacific Northwest for the first time since 2018. Ilia Malinin, the three-time reigning world champion known as the “Quad God,” opens his Grand Prix season here on Friday.
Malinin fell twice in the free skate at February's Milano Cortina Games and finished eighth. About a month later he won his third world title by 23 points. He describes his approach this season as “trying to have the hardest programs in the world”.
23 pointsMalinin's winning margin at the world championships
He won his third world title about a month after his eighth-place Olympic finish.
Source: Cascadia Daily News
- Dates: Nov. 13-15, Angel of the Winds Arena, Everett
- Tickets: usfigureskating.org/feature/2026SkateAmerica
- Disciplines: pairs, rhythm and free dance, men's and women's
Olympic women's champion Alysa Liu, who announced in August that she isn't competing this season, won't be in Everett. The event is one of seven Grand Prix competitions.
Malinin's comeback season starts in Everett, and the Grand Prix final follows in China
- FebruaryMalinin falls twice in the free skate and finishes eighth at the Winter Olympics.
- AugustOlympic women's champion Alysa Liu announces she is not competing this season.
- Nov. 13Skate America opens in Everett and Malinin begins his Grand Prix season.
- Dec. 10The Grand Prix final begins in China and runs through Dec. 13.
Source: Cascadia Daily News
Sources: Cascadia Daily News, USA TODAY, Do206