The 2026 Winter Olympics is fully underway in Italy, and it's once again time for figure skating to take center stage. One of the biggest stars on this year's U.S. team is Ilia Malinin, nicknamed the ...

BOSTON — Ilia Malinin could attempt as many as seven quadruple jumps in his long program Saturday, as he seeks to defend his world championship title. One of them could be the famous jump that only he ...

MILAN — Ilia Malinin keeps teasing fans at the Milan Cortina Olympics by submitting program plans that have the American figure skating star attempting the quad axel, a 4 1/2-revolution jump so ...

Every sport has a feat most consider nearly impossible. Whether it's a point total, a record that has lasted for years or a rare stat, seemingly impossible sports feats can take many forms. In figure ...

Ilia Malinin of Team USA trains at Milano Ice Skating Arena on Feb. 4, 2026. Senior Correspondent Even casual fans of figure skating have likely heard of the triple axel. And now, thanks to U.S. men’s ...

Yuzuru Hanyu attempted a quad axel jump at the Beijing Olympics on Feb. 10, exactly 140 years after Paulsen’s inaugural jump.

In 2021, famed Russian figure skating coach Alexei Mishin said that no figure skater would ever be able to successfully perform a quad axel in his lifetime. The following year, two-time Olympic gold ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ilia Malinin established such a big lead after his peerless short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships that the phenom’s free skate Sunday was less a competition and ...

The 18-year-old finished victorious on Sunday with 287.74 points, leaving him 10 points ahead of second-place finisher Jason Brown Ilia Malinin, the 18-year-old who took on the Instagram name of ...

American teenage phenomenon Ilia Malinin won his first ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final on Saturday, after he had made even more figure skating history on Thursday. The 19-year-old became the ...

Figure skating is looking to go the next level on the ice in Italy. The competition is set to be one of the premier highlights of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, especially after an intriguing medal ...

Editor's note: Ilia Malinin will take the ice in the men's long program Saturday. Follow along here to catch today's action. BOSTON — Ilia Malinin could attempt as many as seven quadruple jumps in his ...