{"id":13342,"date":"2026-04-03T09:07:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=13342"},"modified":"2026-04-03T09:07:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:07:31","slug":"stop-asking-about-my-title-ask-about-who-im-with-just-hours-after-winning-again-ilia-malinins-viral-post-with-a-fellow-skater-sent-fans-into-a-f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=13342","title":{"rendered":"\u2018STOP ASKING ABOUT MY TITLE\u2026 ASK ABOUT WHO I\u2019M WITH\u2019 \u2014 JUST HOURS AFTER WINNING AGAIN, ILIA MALININ\u2019S VIRAL POST WITH A FELLOW SKATER SENT FANS INTO A FULL-BLOWN DATING FRENZY\u201d Ilia Malinin had just sealed his dominance\u2014another world title, another reminder he\u2019s untouchable on the ice. That should\u2019ve been the story Then one post changed everything. No jumps. No medals. Just a moment\u2014subtle, but loud enough to shake the internet. FULL BELOW\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0figure skating\u00a0season for three-time world champion Ilia Malinin is over, but the rumors season is just beginning for the \u201cQuad God\u201d and his peers.<\/p>\n

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At the World Championships in Prague, Malinin shook off a disappointing end to the Winter Olympic Games and proved why he went two years without losing a single competition, blowing out the competition to win his third straight men\u2019s individual figure skating world title.<\/p>\n

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But that somehow wasn\u2019t the biggest news over the weekend involving Malinin.<\/p>\n

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At the International Skating Union\u2019s end-of-year awards, all of the top skaters from the World Championships attended, taking photos on the red carpet before heading into the venue to see who would win awards at the ceremony.<\/p>\n

Malinin took photos with many of his friends before entering the show, but one photo garnered more attention than any other he took at the awards ceremony.<\/p>\n

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On Monday, the 21-year-old American and 20-year-old South Korean figure skater Lee Hae-in shared a post on Instagram together, the two posing for a photo at the event.<\/p>\n

The two have been seen multiple times hanging out during the\u00a0Olympics\u00a0and now at the World Championships, sparking buzz that they could be in a relationship.<\/p>\n

Coincidentally, they both finished eighth in their respective individual competitions at the Olympics. Lee finished 13th at Worlds, whereas Malinin took the aforementioned gold in the men\u2019s division.<\/p>\n

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So is this a confirmation? Bc it seems to be a hard launch\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/l2nScraOAG<\/a><\/p>\n

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_blockParagraph__I2kr4\u2033>Although not officially confirmed, fans believe this could be the \u201chard launch\u201d of the pair\u2019s relationship.<\/p>\n

Malinin, though in the offseason, won\u2019t be off the ice for long, as he will be a part of the \u201cStars on Ice\u201d tour starting next month alongside the likes of fellow American stars Alysa Liu (who missed Worlds) and Amber Glenn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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