The American superstar finished eighth among the competition.

Yuma Kagiyama entered tonight trailing Ilia Malinin by 5.09 points — and he’s going to have a difficult time catching him. Kagiyama didn’t have his cleanest performance in the free skate, stumbling lightly after a couple jumps on a night he needed to be both aggressive and perfect.

Malinin, 21, scored a 156.33 during the Friday, Feb. 13, free skate. Combined with his first place score of 108.16 from the short program, his final score placed him eighth overall. 24 skaters competed in the men’s free skate compared to 29 who participated in the short program.

Team USA figure skating star Ilia Malinin stumbles and misses podium, marking the end of his unbeaten streak. Day 7 of the 2026 Winter Olympics was a surprise shutout for Team USA on the podium, as an American didn't win any of the 21 medals handed out Friday in Italy.

Ovechkin, who wears yellow laces himself, gifted yellow laces to Malinin ahead of the Olympics, and the American gold medalist has worn them in training sessions despite them not yet being visible during Olympic competitions.

The best skater in history plans today four quadruples and a backward somersault. Ilia Malinin was 17 years old when he was excluded from the US figure skating team for the Beijing 2022 Olympics in favor of the more experienced Jason Brown,