In one of the most shocking results of the Winter Olympics thus far, American Ilia Malinin failed to medal in the men’s singles figure skating final on Friday.
The “Quad God” was the wide favorite to win individual gold in the men’s competition, but failed to do so after falling twice in his free skate on Friday. Malinin entered the competition with a 5.09 point lead over the next closest competitor, but after falling twice and scoring just a 156.33 in the free skate, he placed eighth. He also did not perform his signature move, the quad axel, during his program.
