It’s bold as a figure skater to call yourself the “Quad God," even more so to use the moniker as your social media handle. But for Ilia Malinin, the nickname is not just youthful bravado. It’s a ...

The 2026 Winter Olympics is fully underway in Italy, and it's once again time for figure skating to take center stage. One of the biggest stars on this year's U.S. team is Ilia Malinin, nicknamed the ...

Men's free skating gold medalist Nathan Chen of the United Staes poses for photo with his medal during the awarding ceremony of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Friday, Dec. 8, 2017. (AP ...

This story was updated to add new information. Ilia Malinin successfully landed a risky one-foot backflip – a back-somersault landing on a single skate blade – in the men’s free skate of the team ...