Ilia Malinin failed to medal in the biggest surprise of the 2026 Winter Olympics to date. The two-time reigning world champion had a disastrous free skate in which he fell and failed to deliver on a handful of technical aspects.

Ilia Malinin stumbled under Olympic pressure as underdog Mikhail Shaidorov captured gold in a shocking Olympic men’s figure skating final at Milano-Cortina 2026.

The 21-year-old Kazakh skater made his Olympic debut this year, and he pulled off a stunning upset to win the gold.

Malinin is the son of two Russian-born Olympic figure skaters, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov, who competed for Uzbekistan at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, and the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City. They later moved to Virginia, where Ilia was born in 2004. He started skating at age 6.

Eleven-time Olympic medalist Simone Biles showed up Friday to watch Ilia Malinin compete for the men's figure skating gold medal.

The Men's Figure Skating at the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics has another free skate schedule for Friday, Feb. 13.

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Malinin’s incredible performance in the Free Skate on Sunday helped give the United States its second straight Olympic gold in the Team Event, narrowly squeaking by the strong Japanese squad. Kagiyama actually posted a better score than Malinin in the Short Program late last week.

Stream every moment and every medal of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games on Peacock. Read more NBC News coverage of the Olympics and the athletes competing. After scoring five goals in the second period, the United States women cruised past Italy,

After entering Friday with a clear path to gold, U.S. star figure skater Ilia Malinin had two falls in his free skate routine to drop from the podium. Here's a look at Malinin's performance.