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

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

At the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, the world applauded Ilia Malinin's backflip. But long before him, Surya Bonaly ...

From Terry Kubicka and Surya Bonaly to Ilia Malinin, the banned figure skating backflip is finally back on Olympic ice — and ...

U.S. figure skating phenom Ilia Malinin did a backflip in his Olympic debut, and another the next day. The controversial move was banned from competition for decades until 2024.

Breaking down Ilia Malinin's iconic back flip and how the favorite for gold in men's figure skating learned the move.

Why Ilia Malinin's backflip is allowed, not illegal, but still worth no points in Olympic figure skating originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by ...

American figure skater Ilia Malinin is under fire online after being called the first to perform a backflip at the Olympics.

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 U.S. figure skater nicknamed the “Quad God,” became the first person to legally land a backflip on one ...

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 ...

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 ...