Ilia Malinin became the first person in 50 years to legally land a backflip at the Winter Olympics, doing it in the figure skating team event.

How and where to watch U.S. Olympic figure skating star Ilia Malinin. Can he be the first person to land a quad Axel in the Olympics? We explain the mechanics of skating's most…

Ilia Malinin became the first person in 50 years to legally land a backflip at the Winter Olympics, doing it in the figure skating team event.

21-year-old Ilia Malinin hit five quadruple jumps and scored 200.03 to push Japan's Shun Sato into second place with 194.86.

The team event gold medal came down to Ilia Malinin, and he put on a thrilling performance to secure the gold medal for Team USA.

Here's what to know about Ilia Malinin, the Team USA figure skater who has taken the 2026 Winter Olympics by storm, ahead of his men's short program.

Ilia Malinin is not like most figure skaters. Even when he makes mistakes, he is still so far ahead of the rest that he wins Olympic gold.

The U.S. figure skater's eye-popping move at the Milan Cortina Olympics resurfaced the overlooked legacy of France's Surya Bonaly.