Ilia Malinin has written about ‘an inevitable crash’ after he missed the podium at the Winter Olympics in one of the biggest shocks in the history of figure skating

The 21-year-old was trying to fight back tears after one of the worst nights of his career, one that left a star-packed crowd inside Milano Ice Arena sitting in stunned silence.

In one of the most shockingly devastating performances in Olympic figure skating history, Ilia Malinin finished 8th in men's singles figure skating.