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 ...

All eyes are on American Ilia Malinin as men's figure skating gets underway at the 2026 Olympics. The 21-year-old first-time Olympian is already making waves for groundbreaking achievements in figure ...

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Malinin's technical prowess includes an historic quadruple Axel Kagiyama and Siao Him Fa among challengers for podium Malinin had hinted at attempting quintuple jump at Olympics MILAN, Feb 8 (Reuters) ...

Ilia Malinin will go down in the figure skating history books. On Wednesday night, the 17-year-old became the first person ever to land a quad axel in a competition. He completed four-and-a-half ...

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MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 07: Ilia Malinin of Team United States acknowledges the crowd after competing in Men's Single Skating - Short Program on day one of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games ...

What is an axel jump in figure skating? Types of jumps in figure skating What is a quadruple axel? Has anyone ever done a quadruple axel? Has a female ever done a quadruple axel? The 2026 Winter ...