Ilia Malinin comes from a family of Olympic skaters, including his parents Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov. Though they were both born in Russia, Malinin's parents competed for Uzbekistan at the 1998 Nagano and 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics,
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.
Ilia Malinin is expected to cement his place in the pantheon of Winter Olympics stars Friday night if he wins the men's individual gold medal.
Do you know the name Ilia Malinin? If not, you will after the Winter Olympic Games — or you can learn all about the phenom now.
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