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The weight of expectation: Ilia Malinin goes for gold in today’s men’s free skate

Today’s the day — 21-year-old American Ilia Malinin, who leads the men’s individual figure skating competition following Tuesday’s short program, will skate for gold. Much has been made of the self-proclaimed Quad God’s promise, so let’s explore why many folks believe the rising star could become the greatest figure skater of all time.

February 13, 2026

Figure skater Kamila Valieva received a four-year ban for doping

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Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) figure skater Kamila Valieva was handed a four-year ban for doping on Monday, resulting in a reallocation of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics medals.

January 31, 2024

Olympics Day 15 Recap: Team USA

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February 18, 2022

Olympics: What these games showed us about figure skating in Russia

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February 18, 2022

Olympics Day 14 Recap: Team USA

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February 17, 2022

Olympics: Kamila Valieva competes

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February 15, 2022

Olympics: The ruling is in for 15-year-old Kamila Valieva, the ROC skater

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The GIST: Overnight, 15-year-old Kamila Valieva — the ROC skater at the center of a doping scandal — was cleared, with conditions, to skate in tomorrow’s women’s singles short program. A dramatic conclusion to this bombshell story.

February 14, 2022

Olympics: More on Kamila Valieva - the 15-year-old ROC star figure skater

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Olympics: More on Kamila Valieva - the 15-year-old ROC star figure skater

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February 11, 2022

The GIST: With next week’s women’s singles figure skating competition looming, the story of Kamila Valieva — the 15-year-old ROC star figure skater at the center of a doping controversy — continues to accelerate.

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The GIST of It Podcast

Ep #531

Why Norway is dominating the Milano Cortina Olympics

February 17, 2026

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Why Norway is dominating the Milano Cortina Olympics

Norway has the secret sauce for Olympic success.

We’re more than halfway through the Milano Cortina Olympics, and Norway is once again leading the medal count with just 80 athletes competing — an astonishing success rate. What makes the Norwegians so darn good at the Winter Olympics? Today’s episode of The GIST of It aims to find out as co-hosts Lauren Tuiskula and Alessandra Puccio dig into why the Scandinavian country of just 5.6M people absolutely dominates the snow.