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Figure Skating-Malinin Highlights Dangers of Social Media in Gala Performance
- On Saturday, Ilia Malinin delivered an emotional exhibition that closed the Milano Cortina Games figure skating programme at the Milano Ice Skating Arena, headlined by Malinin and Alysa Liu.
- The exhibition gala is meant to wrap up the skating program and give athletes a final performance, with Malinin framing his routine as a response to pressure after a shock free skate, as he acknowledged in an Instagram post earlier this week.
- Malinin executed signature technical feats, including two quad spin vaults and a backflip during his four-minute routine to `FEAR` by NF, wearing a grey hoodie, frayed jeans, and dark pants that looked painted white.
- The crowd rewarded Malinin with thunderous cheers, winning him new fans despite his Olympic setback, while Liu said she was at "peak happiness" after her carefree skate.
- By blending spectacle and personal storytelling, the gala highlighted figure skating as athlete-plus-artist, showcasing Ilia Malinin's 2030 Games potential and musical and staging variety.
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Milano Cortina 2026: Malinin Highlights Dangers of Social Media in Gala Performance
The Yomiuri ShimbunRiku Miura, left, and Kaori Sakamoto Reuters [posttime] JST, [postdate] MILAN – Ilia Malinin delivered a powerful message about the dangers of social media and the unforgiving glare of the spotlight with an emotional gala performance on Saturday to close the figure skating programme at the Milano Cortina Games. The Yomirui ShimbunIlia Malinin Barely …
It is the spectacle of the superstars: in Milan the figure skaters say goodbye to the Olympic Games. It is not about extreme difficulties or jury judgments. It is about entertainment. Ilia Malinin sends an important message.
Malinin delivers emotional message about social media, pressure in Olympics gala performance
Ilia Malinin delivered a powerful message about the dangers of social media and the unforgiving glare of the spotlight with an emotional gala performance on Saturday to close the figure skating program at the Milano Cortina Games.
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MILAN: Ilia Malinin delivered a powerful message about the dangers of social media and the unforgiving glare of the spotlight with an emotional gala performance on Saturday to close the figure skating programme at the Milano Cortina Games.
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Olympics-Figure skating-Malinin highlights dangers of social media in gala performance
By Lori Ewing MILAN, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Ilia Malinin delivered a powerful message about the dangers of social media and the unforgiving glare of the spotlight with an emotional gala performance on Saturday to close the figure skating programme at the Milano Cortina Games. Barely a week on from his shock eighth-place finish in a men’s singles event he had been expected to dominate, the American turned the ice into a quiet rebuttal of criticism …
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