1998 Winter Olympic Games

Malinin, Olympic

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 first backflip at the Winter Games since 1998 — the crowd’s loud cheers rivaled that of his music blaring from the Milano Ice Skating Arena speakers.

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Ilia Malinin lands backflip, makes Winter Olympics history

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Is Ilia Malinin competing today? Olympic figure skating team event schedule

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Olympics figure skating live updates: Ilia Malinin shaky in team event

The figure skating team event at the 2026 Winter Games is into Day 2 and featured the Olympic debut of the "Quad God."

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Who is Figure Skater “Quad God” Ilia Malinin at the 2026 Winter Olympics?

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What to watch on Day 1 of the Milan Cortina Olympics: Men’s downhill medal race, Ilia Malinin skates

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Snowboarding at 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics: Rules, Events, Everything to Know

From its 1998 debut at Japan’s Nagano Winter Olympics to the 11-event sports spectacle set to sweep the slopes at Mila Cortina, Snowboard has earned a swooshy place of prominence as a fan-favorite eve...

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Winter Olympics today: First gold medals awarded, snowboard big air on tap

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Winter Olympics Explained: Snowboard Big Air

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For Ilia Malinin, his first Winter Olympics makes for a family affair

Editor's note: Follow U.S. figure skating Olympic team announcement live updates as the 2026 Milano Cortina roster is revealed. ST. LOUIS — The surest thing in the Winter Olympic world over the past several years has come to pass: Ilia Malinin, the son ...

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Gen Horiuchi on choreographing the 1998 Winter Olympics opening ceremony

Gen Horiuchi, artistic and executive director of the Saint Louis Ballet, reflects on choreographing the Opening Ceremony of Japan’s 1998 Winter Olympics.