Breaking down Ilia Malinin's iconic back flip and how the favorite for gold in men's figure skating learned the move.

MILAN (AP) — Ilia Malinin, the U.S. figure skater nicknamed the “Quad God,” became the first person to legally land a backflip on one skate in the Olympics — although one trailblazing woman pulled it ...

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Ilia Malinin (a.k.a the Quad God) will skate for an Olympic gold medal in the free skate portion of the men’s singles figure skating event. Malinin ended the short program in first place, with a ...

Perhaps the most anticipated event of the 2026 Winter Olympics will be American Ilia Malinin’s free skate on Friday, Feb. 13. It will be his final event of his first Winter Games, and he seeks his ...

World champion Ilia Malinin won Skate America on Sunday for the third consecutive year, altering his free skate on the fly after an early mistake and punctuating the program with a backflip that had ...