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Team USA defended its Olympic fig skating squad lawsuit golden medal connected Sunday aft Ilia "Quad God" Malinin ushered the squad to triumph astatine the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, attempting a full of 5 quad jumps.
The U.S. and Japan were tied astatine 59 points earlier the men's escaped skate, the last lawsuit of the squad competition. It came down to Malinin's show to determine the podium placement, and the 21-year-old two-time World champion didn't disappoint. He earned a people of 200.03, topping Japan's Shun Sato (194.86) who substituted for Yuma Kagiyama who outperformed Malinin connected Saturday successful the abbreviated program.
Host state Italy took location the bronze medal.
Ilia Malinin competes successful Men's Single Skating - Free Skating Team Event connected time 2 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games astatine Milano Ice Skating Arena connected Feb. 8, 2026.
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The Olympic fig skating squad lawsuit connected Sunday consisted of 4 abstracted events: escaped crystal dance, escaped brace skating, women's azygous escaped skate and men's azygous escaped skate.
Amber Glenn debuts connected Olympic ice
North Texas autochthonal Amber Glenn placed 3rd successful the women's escaped skate event, which took spot earlier the men's connected Sunday.
When the 26-year-old took the ice, the first-time Olympian became the oldest U.S. women's singles skater to vie successful an Olympics successful 98 years, according to U.S. Figure Skating. She was besides the archetypal retired LGBTQ pistillate to skate astatine an Olympic Games.
Following her escaped skate, successful which she shakily landed her hallmark triple axel, Glenn told NBC that she felt "disappointed" but she was "very arrogant of the fight."
"I conscionable felt truly not my champion contiguous and I'm conscionable truly disappointed successful that," she said. Her show earned the squad 8 points.
Team USA's Amber Glenn competes successful the fig skating women's singles escaped skating squad lawsuit during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games astatine Milano Ice Skating Arena successful Milan connected Feb. 8, 2026.
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Pair skaters Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea instrumentality 4th
Team USA brace skating duo Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea spot 4th connected Sunday successful the 2nd squad event, aft Japan, Georgia and Italy.
Their show earned the U.S. 7 points.
Ellie Kam and spouse Danny O'Shea of Team United States vie successful Pair Skating - Free Skating Team Event connected time 2 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games astatine Milano Ice Skating Arena connected Feb. 8, 2026.
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Madison Chock and Evan Bates predominate successful crystal dance
Madison Chock and Evan Bates followed their bushed creation triumph connected Saturday with a winning escaped creation connected Sunday.
The duo dominated the crystal creation programs successful what is their 4th consecutive Winter Olympic Games.
Madison Chock and Evan Bates vie successful the Team Event - Ice Dance connected time 1 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games astatine Milano Ice Skating Arena connected Feb. 7, 2026.
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"We decidedly skated large and we're precise happy, arsenic you saw erstwhile we finished. I deliberation we some felt the excitement of conscionable getting these Olympics underway," said Bates, who on with Chock are the lone holdovers from the golden medalists astatine the Beijing Games.
The three-time satellite champions, Chock and Bates are the favorites to triumph idiosyncratic Olympic golden aboriginal successful the Winter Games.
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