Figure Skating Community Reacts to Ilia Malinin's Olympic Shocker

Ilia Malinin falls twice as ‘Quad God’ finishes 8th in Olympic free skate

In one of the biggest shocks in figure skating history, Ilia Malinin fell twice and committed several other costly errors, sending the “Quad God” off the podium.

Ilia Malinin seemed at ease carrying the weight of Olympic expectation on his shoulders – until he wasn’t

When Ilia Malinin’s score was displayed on screen at the end of his free skate on Friday, no one could believe what they saw.

How the Quad God fell back down to earth and lost Olympic gold

American gold medal favourite Ilia Malinin fell twice in his final figure skating routine to leave Milan without a men’s singles medal.

Hey Ilia, America Is Still Proud of You.

Hey Ilia, It didn’t go how the world expected tonight. You helped the U.S. win team gold earlier, but those individual medals slipped away under the brightest spotlight in sports. Anthony W. Haddad The Millennial View All I see now are headlines and short captions replaying every moment over and over. I would be absolutely frustrated if I were in your shoes. At your level, I understand that frustration. But here’s the truth: You dared to do some…

Figure skating community reacts to Ilia Malinin's Olympic shocker

The BBC visited the skating rink in Virginia where the ‘Quad God’ trains, as his closest friends and teammates expected to watch him win gold.

Malinin’s shocking collapse rocks men’s figure skating podium

Olympic gold-medal favourite finished 8th after popping multiple jumps – including quad axel – and falling twice in free skate