The uncharacteristic mistakes from Ilia Malinin during the men’s individual figure skating finals opened the door for Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov to win the gold. Malinin was the heavy favorite to win the competition and entered Friday with a lead, but after falling multiple times during his free skate, he placed eighth in the event.
Shaidorov was crowned the champion with a total score of 291.58, earning the second ever gold medal for Kazakhstan at the Winter Olympics. But when the scores were initially announced, he couldn’t see them because he doesn’t have good eyesight.
