Olympics 2026: Figure Skater Ilia Malinin Breaks Silence After Finishing eighth | E! News
Team USA figure skater Ilia Malinin was expected to take home the gold but came in eighth place after a difficult skate at the 2026 Olympics, admitting that he "blew it." The 21-year-old—known as the “Quad God” for being the first and only skater to successfully land a fully rotated quadruple axel in an international competition—added that he was not expecting the outcome. “I felt like going into this competition I was so ready,” he said. “I just felt ready getting on that ice. But I think maybe that might have been the reason—that maybe I was too confident that I was gonna go well.” Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov ended up taking home the gold medal while Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama won silver and Japan’s Shun Sato skated away with bronze. Full Story: https://www.eonline.com/news/1428583/olympics-2026-ilia-malinin-on-8th-place-falls-in-figure-skating
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