The Complicated And Controversial History Of Figure Skating’s Backflip

From Terry Kubicka and Surya Bonaly to Ilia Malinin, the banned figure skating backflip is finally back on Olympic ice — and ...

We Love Ilia Malinin, But Surya Bonaly Landed a Backflip at the Olympics When It Was Banned

This is the first Olympics in 50 years where the move hasn't been illegal—and Malinin’s backflip has long been known as the ...

The ‘Quad God’ made history with his Olympic backflip, but some say the glory was owed to a Black skater

Ilia Malinin, the U.S. figure skater nicknamed the “Quad God,” became the first person to legally land a backflip on one skate in the Olympics — although one trailblazing woman pulled it off when the ...
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Ilia Malinin landed first legal backflip on the Olympic ice in 48 years. These athletes did it first

U.S. figure skater Ilia Malinin landed two backflips on the ice in his first two programs at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter ...
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Ilia Malinin's Olympic backflip made history. But he's not the first to do it

U.S. figure skating phenom Ilia Malinin did a backflip in his Olympic debut, and another the next day. The controversial move ...

The history of figure skating’s most controversial trick — the backflip

This is the first Olympics to feature backflips in over 25 years.