Milan-Cortina peak moment on day 2
USAT’s Sam Cardona Norberg, Jordan Mendoza and Peyton Titus break down all the biggest moments from day two of the Winter Olympics.
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MILAN — Ilia Marin won the gold medal for Team USA.
Although the “God of the Quads” didn’t have a quad axel, he did a one-legged backflip that wowed the crowd and gave his home country a back-to-back team title. The United States and Japan advanced to the final program of the team competition with a tie for first place.
Marinin competed in the men’s team free skate on Sunday, February 8th. He decided to try a triple axel instead, but experienced a stumble that could change his fate. Instead, he powered through, setting off the night’s sequence with a quad Salchow and triple axel, followed by a stunning backflip that brought everyone to their feet.
The finish couldn’t have been more intense, with a combined score of 200.03 points, including 110.32 technical points and 89.71 component points. Japan’s Shun Sato finished the night with 194.86 points (technical score 106.49, component score 88.37), giving Japan the silver medal.
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In the women’s free skate, Amber Glenn took third place with a shaky performance and Malinin took to the ice, but Malinin needed to defeat Japan’s Shun Sato for the American team to win the gold medal.
Marinin’s program is set to Assaf Abidan’s “The Ball,” Alan Mayer’s “The Smell of the Sea,” Powerhouse and Sergedan Moulesan’s “Code Duello.”
Elements of Malinin’s free skating program include:
- quad flip
- triple axel
- quadruple lutz
- quad loop
- change foot camel spin 4
- step sequence
- Quadruple Lutz + Single Euler + Triple Flip
- Quad lamp + triple lamp
- Quad Salchow + Triple Axel + Sequence
- choreo sequence
- flying sit spin
- Change foot combination spin
This article will be updated with Malinin’s performance results.
