All the Figure Skating Lingo You Need to Know for the 2026 Winter Olympics

For all the fans who love watching figure skating during the Winter Olympics but don’t know much more than falling = bad news, here’s a handy A-Z of the terms you’re likely hear to hear figure skating ...

The Impossible Jump, for All but One

Ilia Malinin of the United States is the only figure skater to land a quadruple axel in competition. We break down why it’s so hard.

All the Jumps Ilia Malinin Is Expected to Perform at the Olympics

But for Ilia Malinin, the nickname is not just youthful bravado. It’s a statement of fact. The 21-year-old from Virginia, who ...

Figure Skaters at the 2026 Winter Olympics Are Pushing the Limits of What’s Possible

For years, quad axel jumps seemed impossible. Then Ilia Malinin landed one in 2022. As he heads to the Milano Cortina Games, ...
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Has figure skating reached the limits of human performance?

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — It was at a relatively minor event in upstate New York in September 2022 that Ilia Malinin, the self-anointed “Quad God" who was fast becoming the biggest name in figure skating, ...