For years, quad axel jumps seemed impossible. Then Ilia Malinin landed one in 2022. As he heads to the Milano Cortina Games, ...

Any axel jump–single, double, triple, or quad–actually involves an extra half rotation. So a single axel is really 1.5 turns ...

Every four years, many of us settle in for hours of Olympic figure skating—team events, ice dance, pairs, women’s, and men’s.

Just a handful of skaters have attempted a quadruple axel in competition. Malinin, a gold medal favorite at the Milan-Cortina Olympics, is the only skater who has landed one.

Even before competing in his first Olympics, 21-year-old Ilia Malinin has transformed the sport of figure skating.

Costume: Figure skaters select outfits that match the style of their programs and the mood of their music. Women can wear a ...

It was at a relatively minor event in upstate New York in September 2022 that Ilia Malinin, the self-anointed “Quad God" who was fast becoming the biggest name in figure skating, finally landed the ...