WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- IIia Malinin of the United States landed a quadruple Axel in his free skate, winning his first title at the Skate America on Saturday, according to the official website of the International Skating Union (ISU).

The 17-year-old Malinin, 2022 ISU world junior champion, thrilled the crowd with his now trademark quadruple axel. He scored a personal best of 194.29 points in the free skate and a 280.37 total. Kao Miura of Japan earned the silver medal and South Korea's Cha Jun-hwan claimed the bronze.

Americans Alexa Knierim/Brandon Frazier, the reigning world champions, won the pairs title with 201.39 points. They were followed by the Canadian duo of Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps, who scored 197.89, and Kelly Ann Laurin/Loucas Ethier were a distant third with 156.94 points.

Reigning world champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan took the lead in the women's short program with 71.72 points, while American ice dancers Evan Bates/Madison Chock led after the rhythm dance with 82.63 points.

The competition concludes on Sunday with the free dance and the women's free skate.

Skate America is the first of six events in the ISU Grand Prix of the Figure Skating Series. Enditem

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