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After a devastating eighth-place finish at the Olympics, champion figure skater Ilia Malinin performed a powerful gala routine about pressure and mental health. His message: athletes are human beings, not robots.
After watching figure skater Ilia Malinin struggle at the Winter Olympics, gymnastics legend Simone Biles immediately reached out with support drawn from her own experience. The two American athletes connected over the invisible weight of competing under immense pressure.
After seeing figure skater Ilia Malinin struggle at the 2026 Winter Olympics, Simone Biles texted him immediately to share what she learned from her own Tokyo 2020 experience. The two met in Milano this week for a conversation about mental health, expectations, and coming back stronger.
Figure skating's "Quad God" is revolutionizing his sport with backflips and record-breaking jumps at his first Olympics. The 21-year-old leads the competition heading into Friday's final after going unbeaten for two straight years.
Figure skater Ilia Malinin just made history with a backflip at the Olympics, and he's not done yet. The 19-year-old phenom might attempt the sport's most difficult jump ever this Friday.
Figure skating prodigy Ilia Malinin learned to handle Olympic pressure in real time, bouncing back from a shaky team event to dominate the men's short program. His journey from overwhelmed to confident shows what champions are made of.
Nineteen-year-old Ilia Malinin bounced back from early Olympic jitters to deliver a stunning performance, landing quad jumps and his signature backflip while building a commanding lead. His near-perfect short program puts him on track to fulfill his gold medal dreams in Milan.
Team USA dominated their longtime rivals in a stunning 5-0 victory, extending their winning streak and advancing undefeated to the quarterfinals. Meanwhile, figure skater Ilia Malinin dazzled with a gold-worthy performance, and American curlers made history with the country's first mixed doubles medal.
America's Ilia Malinin proved why he's called the "Quad God," claiming first place in the Olympic figure skating short program with a composed performance that extended his undefeated streak to 14 competitions. Behind him, three Team USA skaters advanced to the finals, including Maxim Naumov, who lost both parents in a tragic plane crash weeks before the Games.
Researchers finally figured out why the quadruple axel seemed impossible until Ilia Malinin mastered it at age 17. The answer? Jump higher than anyone thought necessary.
American figure skater Ilia Malinin delivered a stunning short program at the 2026 Milan Olympics, scoring 108.16 to take the lead heading into Friday's free skate finals. The 21-year-old Virginia native, nicknamed the "Quad God," wowed crowds with his technical brilliance and even threw in a backflip that brought fans to their feet.
American figure skater Ilia Malinin dazzled at the Milano Olympics with a near-perfect short program, cementing his position as the favorite for gold. Meanwhile, Maxim Naumov delivered an emotional performance honoring his parents who died in a tragic plane crash just over a year ago.
Ilia Malinin landed five quadruple jumps to secure America's second straight Olympic team gold in figure skating. The 'Quad God' recovered from a rare mistake to edge Japan by just one point in a thrilling finale.
Team USA clinched the figure skating team event gold medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics in a nail-biting finish, edging Japan by a single point. The victory marked America's second gold of the day after a slow start to the Games.
In a heart-stopping finale, 21-year-old Ilia Malinin threw a historic backflip and clinched Team USA's figure skating gold by just one point over Japan. The Virginia skater delivered his first Olympic medal in the most dramatic way possible.
In a nail-biting finale at the Milan Olympics, American figure skater Ilia Malinin landed five quad jumps to secure team gold by a single point over Japan. The thrilling showdown came down to the final performance after Japan had erased a five-point deficit.
American figure skater Ilia Malinin led Team USA to its second consecutive Olympic gold medal in team figure skating at the 2026 Milan Winter Games. The 21-year-old phenom cemented his place as one of the sport's brightest stars with another dominant performance.
American athletes are delivering breakthrough performances at the 2026 Winter Olympics, with figure skater Ilia Malinin landing a historic backflip and Madison Chock and Evan Bates dominating the ice. Meanwhile, alpine skier Bryce Bennett reminded the world what it really means to be an Olympian.
The U.S. women's ice hockey team shut out Finland in a commanding 5-0 victory at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. Meanwhile, figure skating phenom Ilia Malinin helped keep Team USA in the points lead during his Olympic debut.
A 17-year-old from Virginia became the first person ever to land a quad axel in competition, a jump legendary coaches swore was physically impossible. Now Ilia Malinin is preparing to attempt something even more mind-blowing: a five-revolution jump that could redefine figure skating.