Ilia Malinin comes from a family of Olympic skaters, including his parents Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov. Though they were both born in Russia, Malinin's parents competed for Uzbekistan at the 1998 Nagano and 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics,
Ilia Malinin is expected to cement his place in the pantheon of Winter Olympics stars Friday night if he wins the men's individual gold medal.
Ilia Malinin’s backflip has been openly embraced, but it was received differently decades ago when Surya Bonaly performed the move at the 1998 Games.
Ilia Malinin could have made Olympic history on Friday, but his free skate was filled with uncharacteristic mistakes.
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Meet Ilia Malinin's parents: How ex-Soviet figure skaters raised USA's breakout Olympic star
Both parents figure skated for Uzbekistan.
American Ilia Malinin takes to the Milan ice in the men’s free skate as the favorite to win men’s individual gold. When can you watch it?
Ilia Malinin comes from a family of Olympic legends
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