Ilia Malinin is one of three figure skaters to pull off a backflip in Olympic competition.

Backflips are legal again, but figure skating still weighs history, risk, and score logic before the move feels completely normal. The post Why Figure Skating Still Treats Backflips as Illegal (Even ...

Figure skating routines, while marked by technical precision and speed, have often carried a similar look over the past 50 years. There are axels and Lutzes, Salchows and toe-loops. The rhythm by ...