Ilia Malinin skated a breathtaking and highly emotional routine at the Olympics closing gala. It looked like a response to his troubled free skate in the men’s individual competition a week earlier.

In fact, it was one of two backflips he completed during the event, flipping through the air among his teammates for a group skate as well. Malinin received a gold medal for the US Figure Skating team ...

Ilia Malinin landed a one-footed backflip at the 2026 Winter Games, helping Team USA win gold. The backflip was banned in 1977 but was performed by Surya Bonaly at the 1998 Olympics, who was penalized ...

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 ...

Ilia Malinin is one of the most talked-about athletes at the Winter Olympic Games so far this first week. The back-to-back figure skating world champion has blown away crowds with his first three ...

Singaporean skier Faiz Basha poses for a portrait before a training session ahead of the alpine skiing race at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, in Bormio, Italy, February 10, 2026.

Singaporean Faiz Basha is the first competitor to represent his country in a snow sport at the Olympic Winter Games and his road to the frozen slopes from his tropical nation included unconventional ...