Malinin, Quad God and Olympic
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Ilia Malinin's vulnerable social media posts after his Olympic skating disappointment have fans worried, with the 21-year-old admitting "I blew it" following his eighth-place finish.
Who is Ilia Malinin and why do they call him the Quad God? Explaining the famous move and what he's said about it.
And his teammates also had the skates of their lives, with Maxim Naumov competing in memory of his parents
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 move was still forbidden.