ANGERS, France (AP) — Ilia Malinin proved just how far ahead of his figure skating rivals he is ahead of the Winter Olympics. He says he still has a “lot more” room to improve.

The world champion from the United States swept to victory at the opening Grand Prix of the season by an almost-unheard of 40-point margin.

Malinin, nicknamed the “Quad God”, landed five quadruple jumps in his free skate. A slight under-rotation on one was the only obvious flaw, but he felt he could do much more.

“I think I’ll be improving a lot more,” he said. “I think I can take away a lot from this competition. It was such fun and I’m really looking forward to the future season.”

It took Malinin’s unbeaten streak to nearly two years since he was beaten by Adam Siao Him Fa at the same event, the Grand Prix de

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