Tag: Ilia Malinin
-
Mark Kiszla: Why Mikaela Shiffrin and Ilia Malinin are the accidental heroes of Winter Olympics
CORTINA d’AMPEZZIO, Italy – The real big shocker of these Winter Games is how skier Mikaela Shiffrin and skater Ilia Malinin have become accidental American heroes. Through the pain of their very public Olympic suffering, they’ve taught mere mortals like you and me a valuable lesson: Choke happens. If the pressure can get to Shiffrin…
-
Mark Kiszla: ‘Quad God’ trips over his Olympic hype, takes tumble off medal stand
MILAN – The “Quad God” crashed to earth with an icky thump. How the heck did that happen? “I blew it,” U.S. figure skater Ilia Malinin said Friday. He not only failed to win gold that had been deemed a foregone conclusion, but tumbled off the medal stand and plummeted all the way to eighth…