U.S. figure skating phenom Ilia Malinin did a backflip in his Olympic debut, and another the next day. The controversial move was banned from competition for decades until 2024.

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

Ilia Malinin, the United States figure skating sensation, is due for another backflip or two at the 2026 Winter Olympics. But ...

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 ...

This is the first Olympics to feature backflips in over 25 years.

With the Winter Olympics in full swing, a whole new cast of athletes is claiming the spotlight. And one of the biggest ...

Don’t forget who flipped first. On Tuesday night, figure skater Ilia Malinin thrilled the crowd and judges with a flawless, impossibly challenging short program that included a much-ballyhooed ...

Ilia Malinin is the only figure skater you'll see do a backflip at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Must be worth a lot of points for the United States superstar, right? Well, not exactly. It's actually ...

American figure skater Ilia Malinin was the first to do a legal backflip in almost half a century at the Olympics. But he wasn't the first to do it on Olympic ice.

I had one question on my mind for Benson Boone: Sir, why are you always doing backflips? But the 22-year-old chart-topping artist behind the hit “Beautiful Things” was running late to our interview. I ...