Ilia Malinin of the U.S. was heavily favored for men's figure skating gold, but a series of falls and downgraded jumps landed him in eighth place. Gods can fall. U.S. Olympic figure skater Ilia ...

Ilia Malinin, a 21-year-old Olympic figure skater who has gone undefeated for over two years, lives up to his nickname. Malinin, dubbed the “Quad God,” helped secure a gold medal for Team USA at the ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Figure skating’s “Quad God” Ilia Malinin finished second in his Olympic debut, conservatively forgoing his ...

Ilia Malinin's quest for Olympic figure skating gold might not be so easy after all. Same goes for his American team. Yuma Kagiyama landed a pair of near-perfect quads, one in combination with a ...

This story was updated to add new information. Ilia Malinin successfully landed a risky one-foot backflip – a back-somersault landing on a single skate blade – in the men’s free skate of the team ...

U.S. figure skating sensation Ilia Malinin is unlike any other skater in the world, and that will become certain as he steps onto Olympic ice for the first time. Known for pushing the limits of the ...

At this point of his career, Ilia Malinin is competing against history more than his fellow Olympians. The overwhelming favorite in men's figure skating at the 2026 Olympics, his first appearance, ...

The self-anointed "Quad God" takes the ice on Saturday. Ilia Malinin, 21, is heavily-favored to win gold at the Milan Cortina Olympics thanks to his ability to land the quad axel, a jump once thought ...

To all you casual winter sports fans just tuning in to the BBC or NBC for your quadrennial dose of people doing impossible things on snow and ice, welcome to the Ilia Malinin Show. Malinin, the ...

MILAN — Even gods can have off nights. Ilia Malinin was putting on a brave face, saying all the right things in the minutes after his good-but-not-great performance in the men’s short form component ...

Every sport has a feat most consider nearly impossible. Whether it’s a point total, a record that has lasted for years or a rare stat, seemingly impossible sports feats can take many forms. In figure ...