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A new photo of the figure skating rink at the Winter Olympics has alarmed fans with two events still to go in Milan.
Could the Olympic ice be behind a surge of falls, crashes and upsets in the 2026 Winter Olympics? Some athletes think that could be the case. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Falls aren't uncommon in icy sports at the Winter Olympics.
The "Quad God" didn't look anything like himself. Ilia Malinin fell twice did not fully complete other elements of his typically unbeatable routine.
Ilia Malinin is the biggest story of the Winter Olympics for all of the wrong reasons as questionable ice conditions continue to plague the United States.
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'Quad God' Ilia Malinin falls twice in Olympic disaster, allowing Mikhail Shaidorov to claim gold
MILAN (AP) — Ilia Malinin wound his way through the tunnels beneath the Milano Ice Skating Arena on Friday night, trying in vain to explain — or even just understand — exactly what went wrong in an Olympic free skate that could only be described as a disaster.
Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea are in seventh and Emily Chan and Spencer Akira Howe are in ninth after the pairs' figure skating short program.
Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin are halfway to pairs figure skating gold at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics.