The ‘Quad Maker’: Meet the ‘genius’ architect behind Ilia Malinin’s quad axel

Rafael Arutyunyan, the coach who mentored "Quad King" Nathan Chen is also the coach to "Quad God" Ilia Malinin. Meet the Irvine-based "Quad Maker."

Olympics 2026: Ilia Malinin secures gold for US figure skating team | Morning in America

The first weekend of the Milan Cortina Winter Games brought both heartbreak and stunning wins for Team USA. Figure skater Ilia Malinin beat out his Japanese rival, Shun Sato, and helped secure gold

U.S. medal hopes in figure skating came down to one skater. Ilia Malinin was golden.

At the Milan Cortina Olympics, Team USA won the first gold medal in figure skating after Malinin bested Shun Sato of Japan to close out the team event.

Ilia Malinin wasn't supposed to skate two team events. Thank 'quad' he did

A battle between the US and Japan was heating up in the Olympic figure skating team event. Ilia Malinin needed to change his plans to save the day.

USA’s Ilia Malinin Falls but Delivers Stunning Skate to Win Olympic Gold

Team USA needed ace Ilia Malinin to do the unthinkable on Sunday, and he did just that, winning the team event in breathtaking fashion.

Ilia Malinin's stunning free skate secures US figure skating team gold

MILAN -- Ilia Malinin beat Japanese rival Shun Sato in a head-to-head showdown at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Sunday night, helping the U.S. defend its team figure skating gold medal by breaking a deadlock with Japan in the final session of the competition.