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Figure Skater Surya Bonaly Looks Back at Starting the Quad Craze 30 Years Ago

Decades before the backflipping "Quad God" Ilia Malinin took the Milan Cortina Olympics by storm, French figure skater Surya Bonaly was pushing the boundaries of the sport with quadruple jumps and ...
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Malinin made history with his Olympic backflip, but some say the glory was owed to a Black skater

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 trailblazing woman pulled it ...
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Backflips, spins and Kung Fu Panda highlight Olympics figure skating exhibition gala

MILAN — Figure skating came to an end at the 2026 Winter Olympics with a spectacular show of glitz, flips, twirls and talent at the figuring skating exhibition gala. The sport's medal winners and ...
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Legend Behind Ilia Malinin's Backflip Responds to Gold Medalist Stealing American Hearts at Milan

Ilia Malinin is a showman. Even before his free skate debacle and the controversy that followed, Malinin dazzled everyone with beautiful performances at the team event. Team USA won the gold medal ...

Skater Ilia Malinin takes big lead after Worlds short program

Ilia Malinin, a heavy favorite who didn't medal in men's figure skating at the Milan Cortina Olympics, skated a personal best ...