Ilia Malinin

Malinin surges into lead in Olympic men’s figure skating

American figure skater Ilia Malinin delivered his strongest performance of the Milan Cortina Games on Tuesday evening, executing two quadruple jumps and his signature backflip to surge into first place in the men's short program at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Ilia Malinin lands first legal Olympic backflip in 50 years

Twenty-one-year-old Ilia Malinin made a historic Olympic debut Saturday at the Milan Ice Skating Arena, delivering on his mission to reshape figure skating while becoming the first athlete to legally perform a backflip at the Winter Games since the move…