Breaking down Ilia Malinin's iconic back flip and how the favorite for gold in men's figure skating learned the move.
From Terry Kubicka and Surya Bonaly to Ilia Malinin, the banned figure skating backflip is finally back on Olympic ice — and is still stirring controversy.
Team USA figure skater Ilia Malinin stunned 2026 Winter Olympics fans with an on-the-ice backflip that reignited excitement ...
Ilia Malinin landed first legal backflip on the Olympic ice in 48 years. These athletes did it first
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 ...
French champion Surya Bonaly backflipped on Olympic ice years before Ilia Malinin was even born, and it brought her ...
MILAN — 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 ...
MILAN — Figure skating came to an end at the 2026 Winter Olympics with a spectacular show of glitz, flips, twirls and talent at the figuring skating exhibition gala. The sport's medal winners and top ...
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