In 2022 Ilia Malinin was left off the U.S. Olympic figure skating team for the Beijing Winter Games despite winning a silver medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. He acknowledged that he was left off because of a poor performance in an earlier event. At the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics, he helped the United States win a gold medal in the team event, but in one of the most shocking results of the games, he failed to medal in the men’s event, finishing eighth. He did however win the 2026 World Championships for the third straight year.
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