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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 no matter how many times he does that impressive feat, he won't get a single point for it in the scoring system.

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

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Anatomy of an upset: how Ilia Malinin lost Olympic figure skating gold

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2026 Winter Olympics results: Alysa Liu shines in short program, Mac Forehand takes silver in skiing Big Air

Team USA added two more silver medals to its count on Tuesday as skier Mac Forehand shined in the men's freeski Big Air and Team USA finished just behind Italy in the Men's Speedskating Team Pursuit.

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Tom Brady and Steph Curry's Gesture for Ilia Malinin After Winter Olympics Loss

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Ilia Malinin opens up about Olympic pressure: ‘I was not ready to handle that'

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February 17, 2026 - Winter Olympics updates

Norwegian Jens Luraas Oftebro claimed a second gold medal of these Games after winning the Nordic combined individual Gundersen large hill/10km.

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Ilia Malinin to skate in Olympics exhibition gala with top medalists

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Tara Lipinski Celebrates Ilia Malinin’s ‘Sweet’ Moment From Olympics

The Complicated And Controversial History Of Figure Skating’s Backflip

From Terry Kubicka and Surya Bonaly to Ilia Malinin, the banned figure skating backflip is finally back on Olympic ice — and is still stirring controversy.

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Exclusive: Surya Bonaly talks Olympic backflips, calls Ilia Malinin a ‘warrior’

Ilia Malinin’s backflip has been openly embraced, but it was received differently decades ago when Surya Bonaly performed the move at the 1998 Games.

Who is Ilia Malinin, the back-flipping 'Quad God' figure skater whose catastrophic final skate was the biggest shock of the Winter Olympics?

Malinin is the son of two Russian-born Olympic figure skaters, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov, who competed for Uzbekistan at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, and the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City. They later moved to Virginia, where Ilia was born in 2004. He started skating at age 6.