Seventeen-year-old Ilia Malinin made figure skating history Wednesday by landing the first quad axel jump in competition.
Competing at the U.S. International Figure Skating Classic in Lake Placid, New York, Malinin went where Japan's double Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu had failed, landing the jump in his free program.
At this year's Beijing Olympics, Hanyu was credited with the first official attempt at a quad axel in his free program but fell in the process.
"(Hanyu) definitely inspired me to try it here," said Malinin, who came from sixth place in the short program to win it.