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Malinin Falls Twice, Shaidorov Triumphs

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Ilia Malinin, the overwhelming U.S. favorite, fell twice in the Olympic free skate in Milan and slipped to eighth place, while Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov claimed the gold.

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So

Mikhail Shaidorov, who just won the Olympics, has thereby assured a spot in the exhibition gala

He skates his exhibition program..... in a giant panda costume youtu.be/xuMte7aJR58?...
Mikhail SHAIDOROV KAZ - grand prix final exhibition gala 2024
YouTube video by cassandra
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February 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Reposted by Brigid Laffan

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The other angle in the story was the opinion among skating fans like myself that only a perfect Kagiyama, or a charging Sato, could deny a less than perfect Malinin. No one saw Shaidorov coming. He wasn’t supposed to be the story. Yet somehow, the skating gods aligned perfectly for him.
February 14, 2026 at 3:29 AM
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Ha ha ha holy shit, Ilia finished *15th* in the free skate itself
February 14, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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Shocking Olympic figure skating result. Shocking.
February 13, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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Ilia can really just completely go for it now in what could be one of the greatest figure skating performances of all time.
February 13, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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Man, Kao is so good at figure skating, it's brutal that he had boot issues at this time of all times

That quad loop was glorious
February 13, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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I have been to the Ramstore shopping mall where Mikhail Shaidorov learned to skate—it’s really surreal to see an ice rink inside a mall—so this is a pretty big day for me, too.
February 13, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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That's just men's figure skating
February 13, 2026 at 7:33 PM

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Mikhail Shaidorov, an iconic braces-wearing Olympic champion
February 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM

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Diana Kingsmill was not just a figure skater. She was also an alpine skier, journalist and political activist.
She was so dedicated to competing that she skied at the 1936 Winter Olympics despite having a broken hand.
This is her story.

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February 13, 2026 at 3:02 PM

Reposted by Carly D. Ziter

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On a night filled with mistakes all over the ice, with many men’s figure skaters wondering what might have been, Canada’s Stephen Gogolev delivered a personal best performance.

The 21-year-old met the moment every time he took to the Olympic ice.

And he finished 5th.
February 13, 2026 at 10:03 PM