Ilia Malinin breaks down after shocking falls in men’s figure skating final as Mikhail Shaidorov wins Olympic gold
Ilia Malinin entered the Olympic men’s free skate as the gold medal favorite but fell multiple times and finished eighth with 264.49 points. After leading the short program, he struggled on key quad jumps, including a missed quad axel. Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov won gold, Yuma Kagiyama took silver, and Shun Sato earned bronze.
Ilia Malinin entered the Olympic men’s free skate as the gold medal favorite but fell multiple times and finished eighth with 264.49 points. After leading the short program, he struggled on key quad jumps, including a missed quad axel. Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov won gold, Yuma Kagiyama took silver, and Shun Sato earned bronze.
