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LOS ANGELES, United States, Nov 15 : Ilia Malinin won his fourth Skate America Grand Prix title on Saturday, topping the podium in his first competition since claiming his third world championship in March.

The American, whose quadruple jumps have redefined the sport, wasn't perfect, struggling to hang onto the landing of his opening quadruple flip.

He finished second in the deciding free skate with 187.57 points, but after leading the short program his total of 284.31 points gave him a comfortable victory over Italy's Daniel Grassl.

The Italian topped the free skate with 188.25 points for a total of 274.73.

Israel's Tamir Kuperman, seventh after the short program, was third on 248.55 points.

Malinin, a shocking eighth after a disastrous free skate at last year's Olympics, says he wants to challenge himself technically and artistically with his new programs in this post-Olympic season.

"It definitely does feel different," he told NBC. "I feel a lot more powerful skating this program, and I feel a lot more connected to the audience while I'm in the program.

"Before I always felt like I was always in this weird, awkward zone of trying to be perfect. Now I really just was able to skate out there just for myself."

Japan's Ami Nakai topped the women's standings after a sparkling short program that garnered a personal-best 82.20 points.

Nakai, the 2026 Olympic bronze medallist who won the Grand Prix de France in October, delivered the highest-scoring short program so far this Grand Prix season.

Russian Alexandra Ignatova, the 2022 Olympic silver medallist who has returned to top-flight competition this season after having a son in 2025, was in second place on 74.24.

Americans Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik led the ice dance after the rhythm dance with a score of 82.52. France's Evgeniia Lopareva and Geoffrey Brissaud were in second on 79.94.