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Ilia Malinin's Olympic backflip made history. But he's not the first to do it

Ilia Malinin lands a backflip in his free skate in the team event on Sunday.

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The Complicated And Controversial History Of Figure Skating’s Backflip

Are backflips allowed in figure skating? Why everyone is talking about Surya Bonaly

Malinin made history with his Olympic backflip, but some say the glory was owed to a Black skater

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 ...

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Watch Ilia Malinin’s gravity-defying backflip during Olympic short program run

Ilia Malinin wins short program with whopping score at Winter Olympics

Ilia Malinin lands one-foot backflip, wins gold for Team USA

Instead, he powered through and delivered the sequence of the night with a quad salchow and triple axel, and then for good measure, did the backflip that brought everyone to their feet.

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Who Is Ilia Malinin? Meet the Olympic Figure Skater Who Calls Himself the “Quad God”

Ilia Malinin powers U.S. to Olympic gold in team figure skating competition