Ilia Malinin’s hopes of double Olympic figure skating gold crumbled Friday as he suffered a nightmare on the ice while Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych lost his appeal against his ban from the Milan-Cortina Games. Expected to romp to the individual men’s Olympic title after a stunning display in Tuesday’s short programme, US sensation Malinin […]
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‘Quad God’ Malinin ramps up Olympic preparations at Grand Prix Final
United States figure skater Ilia Malinin can burnish his credentials as the red-hot favourite for Olympic gold when he faces his rivals at the Grand Prix Final in Japan this week. The 21-year-old, whose dazzling array of quadruple jumps has earned him the nickname “Quad God”, is a two-time world champion and front-runner to claim […]