US EditionIlia Malinin leads Team USA to 2nd consecutive gold in Olympic figure skating team event
Ilia Malinin scored 200.03 with five quadruple jumps to clinch gold for Team USA by a one-point margin over Japan at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games.
- On Sunday at the Milan venue, Ilia Malinin beat Shun Sato in the men's free skate, breaking a deadlock to help Team USA defend its team gold with 69 points to Japan's 68.
- With the teams tied after seven programs, Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea delivered a key free skate, helping the U.S. preserve vital points as Japan finished first in all disciplines Sunday.
- Malinin's free skate featured five quadruple jumps, opening with a quad flip and finishing with quad toe-triple flip and quad salchow-triple axel combos despite a midprogram mistake.
- The outcome hands Team USA back-to-back Olympic team figure skating gold medals, while Ilia Malinin's clutch free skate reinforces his status as favorite for individual gold later this week; host Italy claimed bronze with 60 points thanks to Matteo Rizzo's season-best performance.
- U.S. women's substitute Amber Glenn scored 138.62 points for third after errors, said `It wasn't how I wanted to feel`, and urged queer community strength amid social‑media threats.
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Ilia Malinin Helps Team USA Nab Figure Skating Gold
Photo: Amber Searls ~ USA TODAY NETWORK MILAN ~ Ilia Malinin, 21, helped Team USA garner a narrow victory Sunday in figure skating with breathtaking flips and stunts. The U.S. and Japan were tied in the final stretch of the men’s free skate competition of the 2026 Winter Olympics, with Malinin carrying the team to a 69-68 victory. This was his first taste of Olympic gold.
The spectacular figure skating team competition at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics concluded on Sunday evening. The Americans triumphed, although they were only one point ahead of the Japanese.
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