3 days ago · Watch Ilia Malinin execute a backflip and land on one leg during the men's free skate at the 2026 Winter Olympics team event.

2 days ago · 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.

2 days ago · The International Skating Union swiftly banned the backflip, considering it too dangerous. Over 20 years later, at the 1998 Nagano Games, France’s Surya Bonaly flouted the rules and …

1 day ago · MILAN -- MILAN (AP) — 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 ...

2 days ago · Ilia Malinin achieved a historic feat as the 21-year-old figure skater landed the first legal backflip in 50 years at the ongoing 2026 Winter Olympics and helped Team USA win figure skating …

Team USA figure skater Ilia Malinin, the 21-year-old phenom dubbed "The Quad God," made a jaw-dropping Olympics debut at the 2026 Winter Games in Milan, landing a rare on-ice backflip...

4 days ago · It was done by French skater Surya Bonaly at the 1998 Winter Olympics, landing it on one blade, but the move was illegal and she received a deduction for it.

Figure skater Ilia Malinin didn’t earn the top score in the men’s short program of the team event Saturday, but he still made history by landing a backflip, a move not seen at the...

4 days ago · Ilia Malinin lands historic backflip, places second in team event short program Many were expecting a quadruple axel, but the U.S. figure skating star completed a different move during his …