Ilia Malinin misses Olympic medal
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Ilia Malinin, known as the “Quad God,” endured a stunning Olympic stumble to finish eighth in men’s figure skating at the 2026 Winter Games. The US skater comes from a decorated skating family, with both parents,
Malinin is the son of two Russian-born Olympic figure skaters, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov, who competed for Uzbekistan at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, and the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City. They later moved to Virginia, where Ilia was born in 2004. He started skating at age 6.
American Ilia Malinin takes to the Milan ice in the men’s free skate as the favorite to win men’s individual gold. When can you watch it?