Ilya Malkov gave a phenomenal rental and took silver challenger in Budapest
Ilya Malkov became the silver medalist of the Budapest Trophy tournament in Hungary. The 16-year-old skater from Tatarstan made his international debut, scoring 205.30 points. The winner was Israeli Kirill Sheiko (208.55), the third was Swiss Gion Schmid. Malkov won an arbitrary program with three quadruple jumps, but lost on the sum of two types. The athlete trains with Lyudmila Gafarova and performed in a neutral status.
Figure skater from Tatarstan Ilya Malkov won silver at the international tournament in Budapest.
Sixteen-year-old Russian athlete Ilya Malkov successfully debuted on the international stage, becoming a silver medalist of junior competitions of the Challenger category Budapest Trophy. The tournament was held in the Hungarian capital from 16 to 18 October. The skater played in a neutral status and was the only representative of Russia at these competitions.
According to the results of two programs, Malkov scored 205.30 points. This result was enough for second place. The winner of the tournament was the representative of Israel Kirill Sheiko, ahead of the Russian athlete by 3.25 points. The final score of the Israeli was 208.55. The third place was taken by Swiss Gion Schmid, who scored 185.03 points.
After the short program, Lyudmila Gafarova’s student was in second place, receiving 70.92 points from the judges. In the free program, the Tatarstan athlete demonstrated a high level of difficulty, performing three quadruple jumps: solo toelupes and salkhs, as well as a cascade of quadruple salkhs - double toelup. The program also includes elements with triple axel in combination with triple salch and double axel. Despite the mistake made on the second triple axel, Malkov showed the best result in an arbitrary program, gaining 134.38 points and beating Kirill Sheiko in this segment of the competition, who received 134.19 points for his hire.
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The performance in Hungary was the first international test for a young athlete from Tatarstan. The training of the skater is conducted under the guidance of coach Lyudmila Gafarova. Successfully overcoming the debut barrier at the international level allowed Malkov to rise to the podium of the prestigious tournament.
