Simone Biles on ice: Ilia Malinin shows his only rival is perfection itself | Bryan Armen Graham

America's Quad God lapped the field to win another world title with a record-tying six quadruple jumps, but his attention remains fixed on a standard just out of reach

Ilia Malinin had just finished defending his world title with another sensational performance including six quadruple jumps beneath the lights of a nearly sold-out TD Garden. But as he pounded the ice after his final pose, the gesture wasn't pure triumph like last year in Montreal. It was the frustration of a perfectionist falling short of a standard no one else is asking him to meet.

That was definitely because I didn't land all seven," the 20-year-old American said afterward. It's still the one thing I want to accomplish - whether before the Olympics or sometime in my career - just to land them all and really maximize my technical ability, while also incorporating the rest of the program."