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 ...
The Olympian's thin, silver-edged skates sliced up into the air in a rare, sensational backflip — one leg, then the other — landing on a single skate a split second later that shaved back into the ice ...
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Editor's note: Follow Olympics figure skating live results and updates at 2026 Winter Games. MILAN — Madison Chock and Evan Bates stoically accepted their silver medals following their shocking upset ...
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 ...
Editor's note: Follow Olympics figure skating live results and updates from the 2026 Winter Games. MILAN — An Olympic gold was in sight for the "Quad God." After his short program, something ...