French champion Surya Bonaly backflipped on Olympic ice years before Ilia Malinin was even born, and it brought her ...

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

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

American superstar and 2026 Olympic men's gold medal favorite Ilia Malinin peforms a backflip in his short program.

U.S. figure skater and gold-medal favorite Ilia Malinin stunned fans when he delivered a backflip during the men's short ...

American figure skater Ilia Malinin was the first to do a legal backflip in almost half a century at the Olympics. But he ...

This is the first Olympics in 50 years where the move hasn't been illegal—and Malinin’s backflip has long been known as the ...

Many were expecting a quadruple axel, but the U.S. figure skating star completed a different move during his Olympic debut.

American figure skater Ilia Malinin made history on Saturday by becoming the first Olympian ever to hit a backflip in competition.