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Malinin falters, Shaidorov claims gold

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Ilia Malinin, the heavy favorite in men's Olympic figure skating, faltered in his free skate at the Milan Games, giving up gold to Kazakhstan's Shaidorov after multiple errors.

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According to Sky sports Italy Grassl considered not competing in the men's figure skating long programme in view of severe gastrointestinal problems. He spoke of "food poisoning". The event was marred by many errors, including the shocker defeat of superstar I. Malinin
February 14, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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Just watched the men’s free skate and I could not be happier for Misha or sadder for Ilia. ⛸️
February 15, 2026 at 1:31 AM
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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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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
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February 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Absolutely *wild* men’s free tonight. Don’t know what happened out there, but thrilled to see Gogolev skate so well. On the heels of a such a beautiful skate from Piper and Paul, this has been a great games for Canadian figure skaters so far!
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 11:07 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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Mikhail Shaidorov, an iconic braces-wearing Olympic champion
February 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM

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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