Ilia Malinin Backflips in $1,100 Balmain Jeans During Tear-Jerking Figure Skating Program at Olympic Gala

The "Quad God" wowed with his signature backflip and axils when skating to NF's "Fear" in the annual figure skating ...

Ilia Malinin performs to Fear as he completes cathartic Olympic gala routine

Ilia Malinin had the chance to replace some disappointing memories with much better ones during the figure skating gala on Sunday ...

The history of figure skating’s most controversial trick — the backflip

This is the first Olympics to feature backflips in over 25 years.
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Ilia Malinin's Olympic backflip made history. But he's not the first to do it

Want more Olympics updates? Subscribe here to get our newsletter, Rachel Goes to the Games, delivered to your inbox for a behind-the-scenes look at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. MILAN — Ilia ...
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The Complicated And Controversial History Of Figure Skating’s Backflip

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Artistic Gymnastics and Olympic Sports Analyst and Author. MILAN, ITALY - February 08: Ilia Malinin of the United States performs ...