Thursday is the final day of men’s individual figure skating events at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. And it should be one for the ages. U.S. sensation Ilia Malinin takes to the ice later in the day for a must-watch men’s free skate.

Ilia Malinin of the U.S. was heavily favored for men's figure skating gold, but a series of falls and downgraded jumps landed him in eighth place.

When self-proclaimed "Quad God" Ilia Malinin landed seven quad jumps in a single program last December, he boisterously ushered in a new era of skating with his daring routines.

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.