MILAN, Italy -- When Ilia Malinin launched himself into a backflip at the Milan Cortina Olympics, it detonated through the crowd like a firecracker and even brought tennis great Novak Djokovic to his ...

Editor's note: Follow Olympics figure skating live results and updates at the 2026 Winter Games. MILAN — When U.S. figure skater Ilia Malinin completed a one-footed backflip in the men's free skate in ...

The Olympian's thin, silver-edged skates sliced up into the air in a rare, sensational backflip — one leg, then the other — landing on a single skate a split second later that shaved back into the ice ...

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U.S. figure skater and gold-medal favorite Ilia Malinin stunned fans when he delivered a backflip during the men's short program of the team competition on Saturday. The 21-year-old from Virginia came ...

Ilia Malinin proved his talent at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. On Feb. 8, Malinin helped the United States secure the gold medal in the figure skating team event, narrowly beating Japan by ...

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 ...