Team USA figure skating sensation Ilia Malinin entered Friday as an overwhelming favorite to take home gold in the men’s free skate at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Unfortunately, things did not go as planned.
MILAN (AP) — American figure skating sensation Ilia Malinin fell twice in a disastrous free skate that sent him tumbling all the way off the podium at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Friday night, allowing Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan to claim a stunning gold medal.
Already off to a rocky start in Cortina, Shiffrin looks to put the disastrous Beijing Games four years ago behind her.
Chloe Kim's incredible run atop the Olympic women's snowboard halfpipe world came to a dramatic end Thursday as 17-year-old Korean Gaon Choi -- who has called Kim her idol and mentor -- pulled off a stunning win amid snowy conditions at the Livigno Snow Park.
Ilia Malinin is expected to cement his place in the pantheon of Winter Olympics stars Friday night if he wins the men's individual gold medal.
The Winter Olympics bring sports we barely see outside of these few weeks. Many of them look exciting. Some of them look like a bad idea for normal people. A lot of these events mix speed, ice, height,