From Terry Kubicka and Surya Bonaly to Ilia Malinin, the banned figure skating backflip is finally back on Olympic ice — and ...

With the Winter Olympics in full swing, a whole new cast of athletes is claiming the spotlight. And one of the biggest ...

U.S. figure skating phenom Ilia Malinin did a backflip in his Olympic debut, and another the next day. The controversial move ...

American figure skater Ilia Malinin made history on Saturday by becoming the first Olympian ever to hit a backflip in competition.

This is the first Olympics in 50 years where the move hasn't been illegal—and Malinin’s backflip has long been known as the ...

The 21-year-old double world champion landed the first legal Olympic backflip since American Terry Kubicka in 1976, when he ...

The last time the Winter Olympics saw a backflip on the ice was at the 1998 Games in Nagano, performed by France’s Surya Bonaly. However, the move was illegal at this time. It had first been done in ...

The "Quad God" took the ice for the first time at the 2026 Winter Games, finishing second in the men's short program during team event qualifiers ...

American figure skater Ilia Malinin is under fire online after being called the first to perform a backflip at the Olympics.

Everyone knew it was coming. But yet when it happened — when American figure skater Ilia Malinin effortlessly landed the first backflip at the Winter Games since 1998 — the crowd’s loud cheers rivaled ...