US EditionSimone Biles Supports Ilia Malinin at Olympics Figure Skating Fail
Simone Biles supported Ilia Malinin at the Milan Olympics as he fell multiple times and finished eighth, while Kazakhstan's Mikhail Shaidorov won gold.
- On Friday, eleven-time Olympic medalist and seven-time gold medalist Simone Biles showed up at the Milano Ice Skating Arena to watch the men's singles competition and appeared on the arena's big screen during a break, posting Ilia Malinin video to her Instagram.
- Biles noted that gymnastics and figure skating share flipping, twisting, and the Kiss-and-Cry section, which gymnastics adopted from figure skating, and said `I would never do it on ice.`
- The U.S. skater Ilia Malinin, nicknamed the 'Quad God,' arrived as a leading contender after landing the first quadruple Axel and winning a team gold earlier this week, The Associated Press reported.
- In the free skate, Ilia Malinin fell multiple times and finished eighth, missing a medal as Kazakhstan's Mikhail Shaidorov won gold in the men's figure skating finals on Friday.
- Coverage noted the moment and flagged the story as breaking, with Biles saying `We’re not huge fans of it, but we’re so used to it`, and she and Jonathan Owens applauded Malinin.
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By Ben Church, CNN When Ilia Malinin's score appeared on screen at the end of her free show this Friday, no one could believe what she saw. Journalists looked at each other in a stunned silence, while members of the audience sat still more open-mouthed than their eyes. Eighth place just didn't look right next to her name. He was supposed to win and make history by doing so. This simply couldn't be happening. But then the cruel reality of the spo…
The overwhelming favorite Ilia Malinin was left without an Olympic medal in men's figure skating. Malinin fell twice and fell to eighth place in the competition.
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(AP Photo/Francisco Seco) In a heartbreaking turn of events at the Milan Olympics, U.S. figure skating star Ilia Malinin failed to medal after falling several times during the men’s figure skating finals on Friday. Malinin ended up coming in eighth place, telling NBC, “I blew it, that’s honestly the first thing that came to my mind.” Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov took home the gold. Malinin was nicknamed the “Quad God” for mastering all six typ…
MAILAND. Figure skating superstar Ilia Malinin was looking for an answer to the impossible Olympic fiasco in Milan in front of a whole band of reporters.
MILAN (ANP/RTR) – Figure skater Ilia Malinin was "paralyzed" by nerves before the start of the freestyle at the Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina. The American two-time world champion, who has won every figure skating event in the past two years, admitted that he buckled under the immense pressure. "When I took my starting position, all the traumatic moments of my life suddenly came flooding back. So many negative thoughts came flooding back to…
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