Ilia Malinin, 21, is the heavy favorite to win the gold medal for the United States at the Milan Cortina Olympics. | Tim Clayton/Getty Images
Editor’s note, February 9, 1:20 pm: This piece on Ilia Malinin was published before the 2026 Winter Olympics began. At the figure skating team event over the weekend — a competition that featured men’s, women’s, pairs, and ice dancing — Malinin came in second in the short program and helped the US team take gold by winning his free skate with a score of 200.03 points. The phenom will compete in men’s individual figure skating, which begins on Tue...
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