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Olympics, Ilia Malinin and backflip

Meet the woman who broke the ice for the Quad God's Olympic backflip

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

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Ilia Malinin pulls off first legal Olympics backflip in 50 years — but still doesn’t finish in first

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Ilia Malinin's Bold Outfit Choice at Olympics Highlights Mental Health Message

United States figure skater Ilia Malinin closed out his 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics in style.

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Ilia Malinin Speechless After Snoop Dogg Wears His Face on a T-Shirt at Olympics

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Ilia Malinin’s Controversial Comments About His Relationship Status Resurface: ‘This Mistake Can’t Really Be Undone’

Who is Surya Bonaly, the Skating Star Who Brought The Backflip to the Ice?

At the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, the world applauded Ilia Malinin's backflip. But long before him, Surya Bonaly dared to defy gravity and the rules.

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The 'Quad God' made history with his Olympic backflip, but some say the glory was owed to a Black skater

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 off when the move was still forbidden.