A backflip on ice by Surya Bonaly brought a rare level of risk and originality to figure skating competition. The maneuver is ...

Unless you're one of the rare souls who watches the once-yearly Stars on Ice broadcasts, you probably have never seen a figure skater perform a backflip. There's a good reason for that: the move has ...

U.S. figure skater and gold-medal favorite Ilia Malinin stunned fans when he delivered a backflip during the men's short program of the team competition on Saturday. The 21-year-old from Virginia came ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Olympian Surya Bonaly, who was penalized for doing backflips during her time at the global games, is praising Ilia Malinin's ...

Don’t forget who flipped first. On Tuesday night, figure skater Ilia Malinin thrilled the crowd and judges with a flawless, impossibly challenging short program that included a much-ballyhooed ...

For Surya Bonaly defying expectations is something that has defined her career, with the world champion famous for being the only female figure skater in history to do a backflip, a move which had ...

MILAN — Ilia Malinin, the U.S. figure skater nicknamed the “Quad God,” became the first person to legally land a backflip on one skate in the Olympics — although one trailblazing woman pulled it off ...