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 ...

2026 Olympic Gold Medalist Ilia Malinin exclusively shared with HELLO! what really goes on in his head before he lands his jaw-dropping backflip on ice, the training he underwent to land the move and ...

Two days and 11 skaters into figure skating’s team event, the United States’ gold-medal hopes hinged on one final skater. Ilia Malinin, who at only 21 years old had already earned a world championship ...

Ilia Malinin is a showman. Even before his free skate debacle and the controversy that followed, Malinin dazzled everyone with beautiful performances at the team event. Team USA won the gold medal ...

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 ...

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 ...

Founded in 2009 in Aspen, Revolutions Skating Club trains youth skaters in figure skating and hockey — two of their skaters went on to perform with “Disney on Ice,” according to Hocknell — as well as ...

March 27, 2026 • Figure Skating World Championships in Prague end on Saturday. Americans Amber Glenn and Ilia Malinin are ...

Team USA's Ilia Malinin celebrates with his gold medal after the figure skating team event at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Team USA's Ilia ...