Dmitrii Ialin

Personal information
Native name	Дмитрий Михайлович Ялин
Full name	Dmitrii Mihailovich Ialin
Other names	Dmitry Yalin
Born	(1998-08-09)9 August 1998 (age 27) Yekaterinburg, Russia
Home town	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft8+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Coach	Ludmila Velikova,Nikolai Velikov and Vasilii Velikov
Skating club	Olympic School St. Petersburg
Began skating	2002
Medal record Representing Russia Figure skating:Pairs World Junior Championships 2018 Sofia Pairs 2019 Zagreb Pairs Junior Grand Prix Final 2018–19 Vancouver Pairs

Dmitrii Mihailovich Ialin (Russian:Дмитрий Михайлович Ялин, born 9 August 1998) is a Russianpair skater. With his former skating partner,Polina Kostiukovich, he is the2018 World Junior and the2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist, and the2019 World Junior bronze medalist. He is also the2017 JGP Croatia and the2018 JGP Austria champion.

Ialin began learning to skate in 2002.^[1] He trained as a single skater until 2013 inYekaterinburg. He later switched to pair skating and moved toSaint Petersburg.^[2]

Ialin andPolina Kostiukovich began competing together in 2016.^[2] They were coached by Vasili Velikov inSaint Petersburg.^[1]

Kostiukovich/Ialin made their international debut in late September 2017 at theJunior Grand Prix (JGP) competition inZagreb,Croatia, where they won the gold medal. They beat the silver medalist,Gao Yumeng /Xie Zhong, by less than one point and the bronze medalist, their teammatesAleksandra Boikova /Dmitrii Kozlovskii, by about two points.^[3] At this competition Kostiukovich/Ialin performed a level 3quad twist which is rarely seen even at senior competitions. They received 10.46 points for that twist.^[4]

In January 2018 Kostiukovich/Ialin won the bronze medal at the2018 Russian Junior Championships after placing eleventh in the short program and second in the free skate.

In March 2018 Kostiukovich/Ialin competed at the2018 Junior Worlds where they won the silver medal after placing second in the short program and third in the free skate. They were part of a Russian sweep of the pairs' podium, along with their training partnersAnastasia Mishina /Aleksandr Galliamov (bronze) andDaria Pavliuchenko /Denis Khodykin (gold).^[5]

Kostiukovich/Ialin started their season by competing in the2018 Junior Grand Prix series. At their first Junior Grand Prix event of the season they won the gold medal inLinz,Austria. They were ranked first in both the short program and the free skate and won the gold medal by a margin of more than 14 points over the silver medalist, their teammatesAnastasia Poluianova /Dmitry Sopot.^[6] At their second JGP event of the season they won the silver medal inOstrava,Czech Republic. They were ranked first in the short program and second in the free skate, and were beaten by the gold medalists, their teammates and training partnersKseniia Akhanteva /Valerii Kolesov by a margin of about 4 points.^[7] At this event they set the junior-level pairs' record for theshort program (66.30 points). With these results they qualified for the2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final.

At the JGP Final, Kostiukovich/Ialin won the silver medal after placing first in the short program and second in the free skate. They were part of a Russian sweep of the pairs' podium. Kostiukovich/Ialin beat the bronze medalists,Apollinariia Panfilova /Dmitry Rylov, by about 3 points but the race for the gold medal were really tight. The gold medalists, their training partners Mishina/Galliamov, beat Kostiukovich/Ialin by a margin of only 1.1 point. At this event Kostiukovich/Ialin scored their personal best score of 189.53 points and they also upgraded their junior-level pairs' record for theshort program (66.84 points).

At the2019 Russian Championships, Kostiukovich/Ialin placed eighth in the senior event and second in the junior event, and were assigned to the2019 World Junior Championships alongside Mishina/Galliamov and Panfilova/Rylov. They won the short program at Junior Worlds, narrowly ahead of both of the other Russian teams, and were awarded a gold small medal for the result.^[8] In the free skate, they had underrotations called on their combination jump and Kostiukovich fell on a throw triple Salchow. As a result, they finished third in the free skate and third overall. Ialin admitted "unfortunately, not everything worked out today." Kostiukovich expressed the hope that "at our next Junior World Championships we can improve, fix our mistakes, and gain experience to be able to win."^[9]

Kostiukovich/Ialin were assigned to theISU JGP Croatia Cup 2019, inZagreb,Croatia and they missed the events.

Competing at the2020 Russian Championships at the senior level, they placed eighth. Kostiukovich/Ialin have qualifiedjunior championships as well.

(with Ialin)

• Set the junior-level pairs' record of the new +5 / -5 GOE (Grade of Execution) system for theshort program (66.30 points) at the2018 JGP Czech Republic.
• Upgraded their junior-level pairs' record for theshort program (66.84 points) at the2018–19 JGP Final.
• Upgraded their junior-level pairs' record for theshort program (68.31 points) at the2019 World Junior Championships.

JGP:Junior Grand Prix

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only atISU Championships.

With Kostiukovich

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World Junior Record Holders
Preceded by Anastasia Mishina /Aleksandr Galiamov	Pairs' Junior Short Program 27 September 2018 – 19 September 2019	Succeeded by Apollinariia Panfilova /Dmitry Rylov

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