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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The "Quad God" wowed with his signature backflip and axils when skating to NF's "Fear" in the annual figure skating exhibition gala at the 2026 Winter Olympics Jamie Squire/Getty Ilia Malinin defies ...

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 ...