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

Ilia Malinin will use the 2026 Winter Olympics as motivation for what's to come in his sure-to-be-magnificent figure skating career. First, though, the Team USA star got a chance at a triumphant ...

Team USA figure skater Ilia Malinin stunned 2026 Winter Olympics fans with an on-the-ice backflip that reignited excitement ...

Ilia Malinin, the United States figure skating sensation, is due for another backflip or two at the 2026 Winter Olympics. But no matter how many times he does that impressive feat, he won't get a ...

Team USA figure skaters jumped, spun and backflipped their way to a gold medal in the figure skating team event at the 2026 ...

American superstar and 2026 Olympic men's gold medal favorite Ilia Malinin peforms a backflip in his short program.

French champion Surya Bonaly backflipped on Olympic ice years before Ilia Malinin was even born, and it brought her ...

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, 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 off when the ...

American figure skater Ilia Malinin wowed in his Olympic debut on Saturday, Feb. 7, finishing in second during the men's short program in the team event at the 2026 Milan Winter Olympic Games. Malinin ...

U.S. figure skater Ilia Malinin landed two backflips on the ice in his first two programs at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, much to the crowd's delight.Malinin, known as the "Quad God," was ...