Olympic Gold for Ilia Malinin — Men’s Figure Skating
Posted By RichC on February 8, 2026
Although the Winter Olympics has taken a back seat to Super Bowl LX and kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie this week, I’ve still been semi-paying attention to the U.S. Figure Skating due to both Katelyn and Megan. I passed along a WSJ article last week highlighting the “Quad-god” Ilia Malinin and have been hoping for a U.S. Gold. DONE!
Ilia Malinin leads Team USA to 2nd consecutive gold in Olympic figure skating team event
Team USA defended its Olympic figure skating team event gold medal on Sunday after Ilia “Quad God” Malinin ushered the team to victory at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, attempting a total of five quad jumps.
The U.S. and Japan were tied at 59 points before the men’s free skate, the final event of the team competition. It came down to Malinin’s performance to decide the podium placement, and the 21-year-old two-time World champion didn’t disappoint. He earned a score of 200.03, topping Japan’s Shun Sato (194.86) who substituted for Yuma Kagiyama who outperformed Malinin on Saturday in the short program.
Although Katelyn and our granddaughters were watching skating too … they did take a break for a little outdoor fun … as did we. Shocking amount of erosion on Delray Beach where we have walked out onto a deep beach for years. Glad there is beach restoration ongoing for 2026. 😉
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