American superstar and 2026 Olympic men's gold medal favorite Ilia Malinin peforms a backflip in his short program.
Ilia Malinin became the first person in 50 years to legally land a backflip at the Winter Olympics, doing it in the figure skating team event.
Many were expecting a quadruple axel, but the U.S. figure skating star completed a different move during his Olympic debut.
The "Quad God" took the ice for the first time at the 2026 Winter Games, finishing second in the men's short program during ...
Team USA figure skater Ilia Malinin flipped the script during his 2026 Winter Olympics debut. Malinin, 21, represented the ...