After 'Olympic curse' hits Ilia Malinin in his free skate, the 'Quad god' sets his sights on future

MILAN (AP) — Ilia Malinin need only to have looked into the stands on Friday night, where Nathan Chen watched as the American figure skating sensation known as the “Quad god” fell apart in his Olympic free skate,

An Olympics of Firsts: Brazil and Kazakhstan Claim Surprise Golds

A Brazilian skier secured South America’s maiden medal at a Winter Games the day after a Kazakh figure skater won his nation’s first gold in 32 years.

Kazakhstan's Mikhail Shaidorov has skate of his life, surprises everyone at Winter Olympics

Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan's gold medal in men's free skate stunned everyone — including himself. Here's what he had to say. (AP photo)

Who is unlikely figure skating gold medalist Mikhail Shaidorov?

In one of the biggest upsets of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan/Cortina d’Ampezzo, Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov won the gold medal. The gold for Shaidorov was completely unexpected. This was Kazakhstan’s first medal of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games.

How Ilia Malinin's Olympic failure is teaching moment for kid athletes

In his free skate voiceover, Ilia Malinin tells us to, "Embrace the storm." Our youth athletes do better when we do, too.