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02/13 16:11 CST 'Quad God' Ilia Malinin falls twice in Olympic disaster,
allowing Mikhail Shaidorov to claim gold
'Quad God' Ilia Malinin falls twice in Olympic disaster, allowing Mikhail
Shaidorov to claim gold
By DAVE SKRETTA
AP Sports Writer
MILAN (AP) --- American figure skating sensation Ilia Malinin fell twice in a
disastrous free skate that sent him tumbling all the way off the podium at the
Milan Cortina Olympics on Friday night, allowing Mikhail Shaidorov to
Kazakhstan to claim a stunning gold medal.
Malinin, who led by a comfortable margin after the short program, merely had to
deliver a mediocre performance to add individual gold to the gold medal he won
in the team event. Instead, the 21-year-old was trying to fight back tears
after one of the worst nights of his career, one that left a star-packed crowd
inside Milano Ice Arena sitting in stunned silence.
Shaidorov finished with a career-best 291.58 points to give his nation its
first gold medal of the Winter Games, while Yuma Kagiyama earned his second
consecutive Olympic silver medal and Japanese teammate Shun Sato took bronze.
Then there was Malinin, who fell all the way to eighth place. He finished with
264.49 points, ending a two-plus year unbeaten streak that covered 14 full
competitions, including the past two world championships that he won with ease.
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AP Winter Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics
