U.S. figure skating phenom Ilia Malinin did a backflip in his Olympic debut, and another the next day. The controversial move was banned from competition for decades until 2024.

French champion Surya Bonaly backflipped on Olympic ice years before Ilia Malinin was even born, and it brought her ...

Ilia Malinin is the only figure skater you'll see do a backflip at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Must be worth a lot of points for the United States superstar, right? Well, not exactly. It's actually ...

Surya Bonaly, who was once penalized for performing a backflip in the Winter Olympics, is now praising USA’s Ilia Malinin’s backflip to win gold.

Ilia Malinin’s backflip has been openly embraced, but it was received differently decades ago when Surya Bonaly performed the move at the 1998 Games.

With the Winter Olympics in full swing, a whole new cast of athletes is claiming the spotlight. And one of the biggest ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Kenneth Richmond/Getty Images Ben Stiller attempts to do a backflip in a viral Super Bowl commercial. Super Bowl ...

Humanoid robots developed by Unitree Robotics performed kung fu and backflips during China's 2026 Lunar New Year broadcast.