Ilia Malinin Fan Thread!

[OrioleBeagle]

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[OrioleBeagle]

Practice notes [from Jackie Wong today]
Malinin: marked runthru, 2A(step), 2A, 3F, 3Lz, 3A, 3Lz3T, 3Lz3T, 3F, 3F, 3A, 3A, 3T, 3T, 3T, 3T, 3Lo, 3Lo(step), 3Lo, 2Lo, 3Lo

With Snoop Dogg (working as a special correspondent again for NBC’s Olympics coverage):

ISU Figure Skating ⛸ on Instagram: "Quad God fit activated 🔥 @ilia_quadg0d_malinin x @snoopdogg = legendary energy ⛸️⚡️ SHOWTIME is on! ✨ #FigureSkating #ISUShowtime #Olympics #MilanoCortina2026"

2,897 likes, 24 comments - isufigureskating on February 3, 2026: "Quad God fit activated 🔥 @ilia_quadg0d_malinin x @snoopdogg = legendary energy ⛸️⚡️ SHOWTIME is on! ✨ #FigureSkating #ISUShowtime #Olympics #MilanoCortina2026".

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ETA - clip of Ilia doing a backflip while Snoop Dogg watches: https://x.com/ISU_Figure/status/2018685216139710745

Everyone loves Snoop Dog! We need a Snoop Dogg at the Olympics thread!

 

[OrioleBeagle]

Ilia has been wearing Alex Ovechkin's yellow skate laces during practice this week.

 

[sk9tingfan]

Ilia has been wearing Alex Ovechkin's yellow skate laces during practice this week.

Getting ready to fly!

 

[YukiNieve]

I went to a local bookshop and found these magazines with an article about Ilia.
The Atlantic is not on sale yet.

https://x.com/YukiNieve/status/2019602092818854054

 

[Karen-W]

Forbes article about Ilia -

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattcraig/2026/02/06/why-olympic-figure-skater-ilia-malinin-is-marketing-gold/

 

[CassAgain]

Love that he’s getting back on the horse tomorrow. He has the heart of a champion!

 

[Sylvia]

Here's the Snoop Dogg fluff (segment was taped on Feb. 3 during his rink visit) that was shown before Ilia's SP on NBC's Primetime broadcast earlier tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU93Gj7-t8c

 

[ice coverage]

Wishing Ilia a successful free skate at team event today!

Just a lighthearted and idle comment about how entrenched his nickname is:

I liked the visual style of this NBC explainer video re programming/viewership for Feb 2026, with Sunday Feb 8 offering not only the Super Bowl, but also Olympics, which are represented by mini-sketches of Lindsey Vonn (referenced only in voiceover) and​

"Quad God" (no other identification for him in writing, and no voiceover). Nice touch that the sketch resembles one of his costumes.​

NBCU Advertising & Partnerships on Instagram: "Legendary February: Explained 📅 This month, Super Bowl LX, the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics and NBA All-Star Weekend will all take place in a 17-day window across NBCUniversal. More than 3,200 hours of

6,258 likes, 71 comments - nbcutogether on February 2, 2026: "Legendary February: Explained 📅 This month, Super Bowl LX, the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics and NBA All-Star Weekend will all take place in a 17-day window across NBCUniversal. More than 3,200 hours of premium live sports in just...

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A sorta funny thing is that this presentation was published on Feb 2. When I saw it back then, I thought to myself, "Enjoyable video overall, but maybe they are not aware that Quad God will not necessarily skate in Sunday's team event FS." The joke is on me that the video somehow was able to foresee correctly.

 

[Fiero425]

Ilia's about to go on! Egadze had no fire power! How in the world did he win Europeans? I missed it! - Ilia; no Quad Axel!

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[Fiero425]

Spoilers - It's over! Ilia completes the task! Takes 10 pts. winning GOLD for Team USA! Japan Silver; Italy Bronze!

 

[Sylvia]

NBC Olympics clips of Ilia's FS/kiss & cry:

NBC Olympics & Paralympics on Instagram: "Ilia didn’t know it at the time, but his score was good enough to clinch the gold for Team USA. 👏"

58K likes, 302 comments - nbcolympics on February 8, 2026: "Ilia didn’t know it at the time, but his score was good enough to clinch the gold for Team USA. 👏".

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In the mixed zone after his FS:

NBCLA on Instagram: "Ilia Malinin and Alysa Liu react after Team USA captures gold in the Olympic figure skating team event.🥇"

64 likes, 1 comments - nbcla on February 8, 2026: "Ilia Malinin and Alysa Liu react after Team USA captures gold in the Olympic figure skating team event.🥇".

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Golden Skate's transcription of his quotes in the mixed zone:

Golden Skate on Instagram: "Ilia Malinin 🇺🇸 200.03 On the gold depending on him: I honestly, I felt really proud of that attention, that pressure, because seeing that it was gonna be a tie right before my skating, and that deciding factor was gonn

100 likes, 3 comments - goldsk8 on February 8, 2026: "Ilia Malinin 🇺🇸 200.03 On the gold depending on him: I honestly, I felt really proud of that attention, that pressure, because seeing that it was gonna be a tie right before my skating, and that deciding factor was gonna be my skate or...

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On the gold depending on him:
I honestly, I felt really proud of that attention, that pressure, because seeing that it was gonna be a tie right before my skating, and that deciding factor was gonna be my skate or not. 

So I really went out there and just decided, okay, let the nerves down. You just really need to get in that zone, you really just let things happen. And I’m proud of myself. 
I’m proud of my team, for all the work they’ve put in. We wouldn’t have gotten this gold medal without any of them.

On how it felt when your teammates picked him up at the end when they won the gold:

“It was really refreshing, and honestly, the moment is still not settling in yet. I still haven’t really figured out that I’m wearing in a gold medal from the Olympics. It’s honestly just such an unreal feeling, but overall, I’m just so excited, this brings me so much joy and energy, and, of course, the confidence and the motivation leading up to my individual event as well.“