Three-time Russian figure skating champion Adelia Petrosyan tells about how she met two-time world champion, 2026 Olympic champion in the team tournament, American figure skater Ilya Malinin.
“Ilya Malinin's agent, Ari Zakarian, asked me if I wanted to take a photo with the skater. Of course, I said yes! This was an important moment for me. Ari dropped him and said: “It's Adelia!” “This is Ilya!” Haha, actually I know!
We told each other the basics and got to know each other. Ilya is either training or going to practice. I'm a bit lost in my thoughts. But we communicated in Russian, he spoke very well,” Sport24 quoted Petrosyan as saying.
