Surya Bonaly, Malinin and Olympic

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Are backflips allowed in figure skating? Why everyone is talking about Surya Bonaly
U.S. figure skater and gold-medal favorite Ilia Malinin stunned fans when he delivered a backflip during the men's short program of the team competition on Saturday.

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‘No One Else Could Do It’: Ice Skater Surya Bonaly Hits Back as Ilia Malinin Gets Olympic Glory — and the Medal — for What Derailed Her Career
Exclusive: Surya Bonaly talks Olympic backflips, calls Ilia Malinin a ‘warrior’
Ilia Malinin Reveals Exactly What Happened Moments Before His Olympic Collapse
The “Quad God,” Ilia Malinin of Team USA, entered Friday’s free skate final on top of the world and widely regarded as one of the most dominant skaters at the Winter Games.

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Ilia Malinin fall video: How to watch replay of Olympics free skate
Ilia Malinin places 8th after two falls in Olympic free skate
Ilia Malinin misses Olympic medal after falling in free skate, finishes in 8th place
Shaidorov finished with a career-best 291.58 points to give his nation its first gold medal of the Winter Games, while Yuma Kagiyama earned his second consecutive Olympic silver medal and Japanese tea...

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Ilia Malinin ‘Quad God’ Added to His Family Right Before the Olympics
Is Ilia Malinin competing today? Olympic figure skating men's free skate schedule

Skater Surya Bonaly was punished for doing the flips now making ‘Quad God’ Ilia Malinin famous: ‘Everything has changed’

Don’t forget who flipped first. On Tuesday night, figure skater Ilia Malinin thrilled the crowd and judges with a flawless, impossibly challenging short program that included a much-ballyhooed backflip on the ice.

Figure Skater Surya Bonaly Looks Back at Starting the Quad Craze 30 Years Ago

Surya Bonaly speaks to TODAY.com about starting the quad craze 30 years ago.

Once penalized for it, Surya Bonaly speaks out as figure skating embraces the backflip: ‘Born too early’

Surya Bonaly successfully landed a backflip on one blade during the 1998 Winter Olympics despite knowing the move was banned.