French champion Surya Bonaly backflipped on Olympic ice years before Ilia Malinin was even born, and it brought her penalization, not plaudits.

Ilia Malinin is a showman. Even before his free skate debacle and the controversy that followed, Malinin dazzled everyone with beautiful performances at the team event.

At the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, the world applauded Ilia Malinin's backflip. But long before him, Surya Bonaly dared to defy gravity and the rules.

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 when the move was still forbidden.

This is the first Olympics in 50 years where the move hasn't been illegal—and Malinin’s backflip has long been known as the “Bonaly flip.”

Ben Ogden hopes his Olympic silver medal — and celebratory backflip — will spark a new era for American cross-country skiing

Olympic gymnast Frederick Richard, also known as Frederick Flips, links up with Paralympic superstar Ezra Frech for a powerful training session that ends with Ezra learning how to throw a one leg backflip.