Why Figure Skater Ilia Malinin’s Winter Olympics Backflip Is Such a Big Deal

With the Winter Olympics in full swing, a whole new cast of athletes is claiming the spotlight. And one of the biggest ...

Why Ilia Malinin's backflip is allowed, not illegal, but still worth no points in Olympic figure skating

Ilia Malinin, the United States figure skating sensation, is due for another backflip or two at the 2026 Winter Olympics. But ...

Ilia Malinin's Olympic backflip made history. But he's not the first to do it

U.S. figure skating phenom Ilia Malinin did a backflip in his Olympic debut, and another the next day. The controversial move ...

Ilia Malinin pulls off first legal Olympics backflip in 50 years — but still doesn’t finish in first

Everyone knew it was coming. But yet when it happened — when American figure skater Ilia Malinin effortlessly landed the ...

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 ...

Ilia Malinin secures Team USA figure skating gold with a backflip in 2026 Winter Olympics team event nail-biter

The U.S. and Japan were tied heading into the final event of the night ...

Ilia Malinin lands backflip on one leg, makes Olympic history

Watch Ilia Malinin execute a backflip and land on one leg during the men's free skate at the 2026 Winter Olympics team event.
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Dad's hilarious backflip fail during holiday dance contest racks up 3m views on TikTok

This dad was convinced by his daughter to enter a dance competition and it ended up with the father's backflip attempt failing miserably. After witnessing another contestant pull off a backflip, Paul ...