Ilia Malinin begins his quest for men's singles gold with the short program at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Follow the action.

The Americans enter Day 3 of the figure skating team event at the Winter Olympics atop the leaderboard, but need clutch performances to secure gold.

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.