U.S. figure skating phenom Ilia Malinin did a backflip in his Olympic debut, and another the next day. The controversial move ...
Ilia Malinin, the U.S. figure skater nicknamed the “Quad God,” became the first person to legally land a backflip on one ...
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.
With the Winter Olympics in full swing, a whole new cast of athletes is claiming the spotlight. And one of the biggest ...
Ilia Malinin, the United States figure skating sensation, is due for another backflip or two at the 2026 Winter Olympics. But ...
Surya Bonaly successfully landed a backflip on one blade during the 1998 Winter Olympics despite knowing the move was banned.
This is the first Olympics in 50 years where the move hasn't been illegal—and Malinin’s backflip has long been known as the ...
American figure skater Ilia Malinin was the first to do a legal backflip in almost half a century at the Olympics. But he wasn't the first to do it on Olympic ice.
Breaking down Ilia Malinin's iconic back flip and how the favorite for gold in men's figure skating learned the move.
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 ...
Figure skating fans will not allow history to be rewritten during the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy. Headlines are buzzing over the acrobatic ice […] ...
Many were expecting a quadruple axel, but the U.S. figure skating star completed a different move during his Olympic debut.