Official Winter Olympics 2026 thread
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TaraDeS — 1 month ago(February 11, 2026 02:13 PM)
Figure skater wows with Backflip – Until recently, Backflip was forbidden
Figure skater Ilia Malinin shone in the Olympic short program and thrilled the entire audience with a backflip. Not long ago, this element would have resulted in a point deduction.
https://www.watson.ch/sport/olympia-2026/212612247-olympia-2026-ilia-malinin-begeistert-das-publikum-mit-einem-salto
February 11, 2026
Milano-Cortina 2026 | Ilia MALININ
Men Single Skating 
️ Short Program
Not perfect, but very good and much ballet in it.
Ilia Malinin
was born on December 02, 2004 in Fairfax, Virginia. He began skating in 2011 and comes from a family of skaters. He is the son of Tatiana Malinina, an Olympic skater who competed for Uzbekistan and was the 1999 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final champion, 1999 Four Continents champion and ten-time Uzbek national champion; and Roman Skorniakov, also an Olympic skater who competed for Russia before switching to Uzbekistan and was a seven-time Uzbek national champion. His younger sister Liza also competes in figure skating. He was given his mother's surname (in the masculine inflection) because his parents were concerned that his father's surname would be too difficult to pronounce. His maternal grandfather, Valery Malinin, is a former competitor for the Soviet Union and currently works as a skating coach in Novosibirsk, Russia.
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TaraDeS — 1 month ago(February 13, 2026 07:57 AM)
And this French Lady
🤍
️ should be remembered when we think of backflips.
She landed on one foot and received a point deduction, which she knew beforehand.
She still performed the backflip as a protest, because she was constantly voted down.
History made! 
Surya Bonaly lands a Backflip during her Free Skate!
"Surya Bonaly landed a backflip on one blade during her free skate at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. This has never been repeated in Olympic competition since. Enjoy watching her full performance!" -
TaraDeS — 1 month ago(February 14, 2026 09:44 AM)
Drama in Figure Skating - Ilia Malinin falls during Free Skate
This article explains more details:
Ilia Malinin breaks at the Olympics
https://www.n-tv.de/sport/olympia/Eiskunstlauf-Wunderjunge-Ilia-Malinin-zerbricht-bei-Olympia-id30361803.html
February 14, 2026
He's not broken! Of course, he's sad and disappointed.
After he licked his
'wounds'
he'll stand up again.
With 21 he's still very young, the future is his! -
TaraDeS — 1 month ago(February 12, 2026 02:36 PM)
Chinese Snowboarder Jiayu layed motionless after violent Fall - Snowboarder gives the all-clear
Following Australian Cameron Bolton's broken neck, another shock hit snowboarding on Wednesday:
Chinese snowboarder Liu Jiayu suffered a serious fall in the halfpipe. She gave the all-clear on Thursday [
today
].
https://www.sportschau.de/olympia/halfpipe-schwerer-sturz-jiayu,halfpipe-schwerer-sturz-100.html
February 12, 2026
What kind of toboggan run is this?!
Liu Jiayu Crash Full Video
Halfpipe Qualifying Fall
Ohhhhhh, Mann!
We're glad, she made it.
🤪 invade the thread, this is almost perfection:
Full FS from Nagoya, 2025