From Terry Kubicka and Surya Bonaly to Ilia Malinin, the banned figure skating backflip is finally back on Olympic ice — and is still stirring controversy.
Breaking down Ilia Malinin's iconic back flip and how the favorite for gold in men's figure skating learned the move.
The move has been banned from figure skating for nearly 50 years. This rule came into action after American skater Terry ...
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 ...
This is the first Olympics to feature backflips in over 25 years.