World champion Ilia Malinin won Skate America on Sunday for the third consecutive year. He altered his free skate on the fly after an early mistake before punctuating the program with a backflip that had been banned in competition until this season.

Ilia Malinin plans to do a backflip at Skate America after figure skating officials made it legal for the first time in nearly 50 years.

Wakaba Higuchi picked up her first career Grand Prix figure skating title Saturday, leading a one-two finish for Japan at Skat

U.S. and world champion Ilia Malinin hit four quads and a backflip, which had been banned until this season, to win the Skate America title for the third year in a row.

World champion Ilia Malinin topped the short program at Skate America, where he's trying to become the second man to win the event three times in a row since 2000. Malinin, a 19-year-old from Virginia nicknamed the "Quadgod,

Ilia Malinin of the United States is in first place after the men's short program at Skate America with a score of 99.69

The American figure skater, Ilia Malinin has got some serious skills, and it's not just all from skating"”this guy's been doing gymnastics off the ice since forever. The post How Ilia Malinin Created Figure Skating History at Just 19?