U.S. figure skating phenom Ilia Malinin did a backflip in his Olympic debut, and another the next day. The controversial move was banned from competition for decades until 2024.

Everyone knew it was coming. But yet when it happened — when American figure skater Ilia Malinin effortlessly landed the first backflip at the Winter Games since 1998 — the crowd’s loud cheers rivaled that of his music blaring from the Milano Ice Skating Arena speakers.

Watch Ilia Malinin execute a backflip and land on one leg during the men's free skate at the 2026 Winter Olympics team event.

This dad was convinced by his daughter to enter a dance competition and it ended up with the father's backflip attempt failing miserably. After witnessing another contestant pull off a backflip, Paul tried to emulate their success.