Olympics 2026: Figure Skater Ilia Malinin Breaks Silence After Finishing eighth | E! News

Team USA determine skater Ilia Malinin was anticipated to take house the gold however got here in eighth place after a troublesome skate on the 2026 Olympics, admitting that he "blew it." The 21-year-old—generally known as the “Quad God” for being the primary and solely skater to efficiently land a totally rotated quadruple axel in a world competitors—added that he was not anticipating the end result. “I felt like going into this competition I was so ready,” he mentioned. “I just felt ready getting on that ice. But I think maybe that might have been the reason—that maybe I was too confident that I was gonna go well.” Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov ended up taking house the gold medal whereas Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama received silver and Japan’s Shun Sato skated away with bronze. Full Story: https://www.eonline.com/news/1428583/olympics-2026-ilia-malinin-on-8th-place-falls-in-figure-skating

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