Malinin made history with Olympic backflip

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Malinin made history with his Olympic backflip, but some say the glory was owed to a Black skater
Ilia Malinin, the U.S. figure skater nicknamed the “Quad God,” became the first person to legally land a backflip on one skate in the Olympics — although one trailblazing woman pulled it off when the ...

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After sending the Milan-Cortina crowd into a frenzy with his back flip in the figure skating team event, all eyes will be on US skater Ilia Malinin as he strives for individual Winter Olympic gold.

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His nickname, however, stems from the fact that in 2022 Malinin became the first skater to land a quadruple Axel in competition, doing so at the 2022 CS United States International Classic.

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