2026 Winter Olympics: Ilia Malinin making history with figure skating's first Olympic backflip in decades

2026 Winter Olympics: Ilia Malinin making history with figure skating's first Olympic backflip in decades

When Ilia Malinin launched himself into a backflip at the Milano Cortina Olympics, it detonated through the crowd like a firecracker and even brought tennis great Novak Djokovic to his feet with his hands on his head in disbelief.