19-year-old figure skater breaks world record

Now with the American figure skating phenom who made history on the way to his first world title. Larry, share that story with us. I love this story. I love this young man. 19-year-old Ilya Malinin is the new world figure skating champion after completing a record six quads and notching the highest score in history during his free skate. The Virginia teen says he was nervous beforehand, but you'd never know it. Take a look. He was on fire on the ice. American teenager Ilya Malinin, he is your new men's world figure skating champion. Like, you think about the greatest moments in sports history, and this is one of them. It doesn't really feel real yet. It's kind of, it feels a little bit like a dream. The 19-year-old nailing not one, two, three, but six gravity-defying quads, each one with four full rotations in the blink of an eye. Six quads, six perfect quads. Showing why he's nicknamed the quad god, and he's the only skater to ever land a clean quad axel. I almost knew that if I gave it everything that it would turn out amazing. The four and a half minute masterclass in technique in perfect stride with music from the hit HBO show, Succession. Wondering what could go wrong or what could possibly happen, but once the music started, I almost just vanished. Those voices just vanished. The scores, the highest ever for a free skate, catapulting him from third place to first. It's just an amazing feeling for me to be world champion. It's just incredible. I have no words to describe it. Both Malinin's parents were Olympic skaters for Uzbekistan. They are also his coaches. He sure hopes his mom will be able to attend more in the future. She was too nervous to attend this championship, but his dad was there cheering on. They're incredible. Son cannot wait to see what he is up to next. Like you said, a masterclass. He put on a masterclass. Absolutely. The fact that he's the first one to ever do it shows how tough it must be. And how easy he made it look. The quad god. All right, mama, show up next time. He's OK. He's got it. Well, hey there, GMA fans. Robin Roberts here. Thanks for checking out our YouTube channel. Lots of great stuff here. So go on, click the subscribe button right over here to get more of awesome videos and content from GMA every day, anytime. We thank you for watching, and we'll see you in the morning on GMA.