{"id":64477,"date":"2026-02-08T22:18:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T22:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ilia-malinin-leads-team-usa-to-2nd-consecutive-gold-in-olympic-figure-skating-team-event\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T22:18:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T22:18:45","slug":"ilia-malinin-leads-team-usa-to-2nd-consecutive-gold-in-olympic-figure-skating-team-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ilia-malinin-leads-team-usa-to-2nd-consecutive-gold-in-olympic-figure-skating-team-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilia Malinin leads Team USA to 2nd consecutive gold in Olympic figure skating team event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Team USA defended its Olympic figure skating team event gold medal on Sunday after <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ilia-malinin-on-the-pursuit-of-perfection\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Ilia &#8220;Quad God&#8221; Malinin<\/a><\/span> ushered the team to victory at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, attempting a total of five quad jumps.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. and Japan were tied at 59 points before the men&#8217;s free skate, the final event of the team competition. It came down to Malinin&#8217;s performance to decide the podium placement, and the 21-year-old two-time World champion didn&#8217;t disappoint. He earned a score of 200.03, topping Japan&#8217;s Shun Sato (194.86) who substituted for\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ilia-malinin-yuma-kagiyama-olympic-figure-skating-short-program-saturday\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Yuma Kagiyama who outperformed Malinin on Saturday in the short program<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Host country Italy took home the bronze medal.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/08\/9da0a24e-d988-4892-ac15-0d49e33e5ceb\/thumbnail\/620x421\/e6d951658e48960832717ba628ba18c9\/gettyimages-2260585301.jpg#\" alt=\"Figure Skating - Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics: Day 2 \" height=\"421\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/08\/9da0a24e-d988-4892-ac15-0d49e33e5ceb\/thumbnail\/620x421\/e6d951658e48960832717ba628ba18c9\/gettyimages-2260585301.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/08\/9da0a24e-d988-4892-ac15-0d49e33e5ceb\/thumbnail\/1240x842\/9196091128b961f78531b22ce7717eba\/gettyimages-2260585301.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Ilia Malinin competes in Men&#8217;s Single Skating &#8211; Free Skating Team Event on day two of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Ice Skating Arena on Feb. 8, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Jamie Squire \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Olympic figure skating team event on Sunday consisted of four separate events: free ice dance, free pair skating, women&#8217;s single free skate and men&#8217;s single free skate.<\/p>\n<h2>Amber Glenn debuts on Olympic ice<\/h2>\n<p>North Texas native <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/plano-texas-amber-glenn-free-skate-us-figure-skating-team-winter-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Amber Glenn<\/a><\/span> placed third in the women&#8217;s free skate event, which took place before the men&#8217;s on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>When the 26-year-old took the ice, the first-time Olympian became the oldest U.S. women&#8217;s singles skater to compete in an Olympics in 98 years, according to U.S. Figure Skating. She was also the first out LGBTQ woman to skate at an Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>Following her free skate, in which she shakily landed her hallmark triple axel, Glenn told NBC that she felt &#8220;disappointed&#8221; but she was &#8220;very proud of the fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just felt really not my best today and I&#8217;m just really disappointed in that,&#8221; she said. Her performance earned the team eight points.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/08\/fdcf79fe-ce17-4dc4-995f-a4c2b41cf08e\/thumbnail\/620x413\/5c9a742b20a0691fcf2f7485bf468630\/gettyimages-2260071606.jpg#\" alt=\"FSKATING-OLY-2026-MILANO CORTINA \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/08\/fdcf79fe-ce17-4dc4-995f-a4c2b41cf08e\/thumbnail\/620x413\/5c9a742b20a0691fcf2f7485bf468630\/gettyimages-2260071606.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/08\/fdcf79fe-ce17-4dc4-995f-a4c2b41cf08e\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/73da1295aed00a84c10142b435ccc9fc\/gettyimages-2260071606.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Team USA&#8217;s Amber Glenn competes in the figure skating women&#8217;s singles free skating team event during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Feb. 8, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                WANG Zhao \/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Pair skaters Ellie Kam and Danny O&#8217;Shea take 4th<\/h2>\n<p>Team USA pair skating duo Ellie Kam and Danny O&#8217;Shea place fourth on Sunday in the second team event, after Japan, Georgia and Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Their performance earned the U.S. seven points.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/08\/d0c16875-8ac8-441d-bc32-2c06f94eaefc\/thumbnail\/620x425\/dfda8c74c657ab14ec68fbd12976e605\/gettyimages-2260576960.jpg#\" alt=\"Figure Skating - Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics: Day 2 \" height=\"425\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/08\/d0c16875-8ac8-441d-bc32-2c06f94eaefc\/thumbnail\/620x425\/dfda8c74c657ab14ec68fbd12976e605\/gettyimages-2260576960.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/08\/d0c16875-8ac8-441d-bc32-2c06f94eaefc\/thumbnail\/1240x850\/ff04c9d23b9afbd99310a8b33c50017e\/gettyimages-2260576960.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Ellie Kam and partner Danny O&#8217;Shea of Team United States compete in Pair Skating &#8211; Free Skating Team Event on day two of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Ice Skating Arena on Feb. 8, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Elsa \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Madison Chock and Evan Bates dominate in ice dance<\/h2>\n<p>Madison Chock and Evan Bates followed their rhythm dance triumph on Saturday with a winning free dance on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The duo dominated the ice dance programs in what is their fourth consecutive Winter Olympic Games together.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/08\/7c7c5bd4-6007-40fa-b47c-c2cc37f59251\/thumbnail\/620x930\/1c071d1cb999b5c38ea1d90b3b52c64d\/gettyimages-2260548867.jpg#\" alt=\"Figure Skating - Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics: Day 1 \" height=\"930\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/08\/7c7c5bd4-6007-40fa-b47c-c2cc37f59251\/thumbnail\/620x930\/1c071d1cb999b5c38ea1d90b3b52c64d\/gettyimages-2260548867.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/08\/7c7c5bd4-6007-40fa-b47c-c2cc37f59251\/thumbnail\/1240x1860\/9c724f252c27f74b9ec7584e4950e5be\/gettyimages-2260548867.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Madison Chock and Evan Bates compete in the Team Event &#8211; Ice Dance on day one of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Ice Skating Arena on Feb. 7, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Steve Christo &#8211; Corbis\/Corbis via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;We definitely skated great and we&#8217;re very happy, as you saw when we finished. I think we both felt the excitement of just getting these Olympics underway,&#8221; said Bates, who along with Chock are the only holdovers from the gold medalists at the Beijing Games.<\/p>\n<p>The three-time world champions, Chock and Bates are the favorites to win individual Olympic gold later in the\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/winter-olympic-games-schedule-2026\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Winter Games<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Team USA won its first-ever gold medal in the Olympic figure skating team event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The team received the gold two years after the Games because\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russian-figure-skater-kamila-valieva-doping-ban-gold-medal-team-usa\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva<\/a><\/span>, who initially <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/winter-olympics-teams-usa-wins-silver-team-figure-skating-russia-gold\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">helped her teammates win gold<\/a><\/span>, received a four-year ban for taking a banned substance.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<div class=\"component__heading-wrapper recirc\">\n<h3 class=\"component__title\">Milan Winter Olympics 2026<br \/>\n                          <a 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