Malinin, Olympic
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Malinin made history with his Olympic backflip, but some say the glory was owed to a Black skater
MILAN (AP) — 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 — but he’s not the first to pull it off at the Winter Games.
The “Quadg0d” struggled in his first Olympic skate, but his best events are still to come, and there’s no reason to panic.