US EditionIlia Malinin Misses Olympic Medal After Falls in Free Skate, Finishes in 8th Place
- At the Milano Ice Arena, Ilia Malinin fell twice in the free skate, dropping to eighth and missing the podium as Mikhail Shaidorov claimed gold.
- Ilia Malinin entered Friday's free skate with a more than five-point lead after the short program but did not attempt the quad axel, a 4 1/2-revolution jump he had teased.
- He scored 156.33 in the free skate for a 264.49 total, ending a two-plus-year unbeaten streak spanning 14 competitions.
- Shun Sato captured bronze while Stephen Gogolev finished fifth as Yuma Kagiyama earned silver with 280.06 and Sato took bronze with 274.90.
- It was Malinin's first loss since November 2023, and he left the Milano Ice Arena trying to fight back tears as the crowd sat in stunned silence.
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Malinin meltdown hands Shaidorov Olympic men's figure skating gold
US star Ilia Malinin suffered the biggest upset of the Winter Olympics on Friday as the overwhelming favourite for the men's figure skating title fell twice to finish off the podium, with Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan taking a surprise gold.
Winter Olympics: Ilia Malinin suffers stunning stumble, finishes eighth in figure skating
By Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times MILAN — He popped the quad axel. He stumbled across the ice. He tried to hide the pained expression. Ilia Malinin fell apart in the men’s free skate, tumbling from near lock to win the gold medal to eighth place after a disastrous performance Friday. After his music ended, Malinin covered his anguished face. It was the first time since November 2023 that he hadn’t won a competition. “I blew it,” Malinin told…
Ilia Malinin's Shocking Fall: The Rise of an Unlikely Champion
The nickname 'Quad God' implies a certain level of invincibility, a divine separation from the mere mortals of the rink who struggle with gravity. For Ilia Malinin, who arrived at these games as the overwhelming favourite, the title was not just a moniker but a promise he intended to keep. Yet, in a sport that demands perfection on a knife-edge, the ice proved unforgivingly slippery. The world watched in stunned silence as the American phenomeno…
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