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Snowboarding beginner shares comical footage of his first 'backflip'

Jake is so gifted that he performed his first backflip before he even knew he wanted to attempt it. "I was snowboarding, and then I fell into a backflip," Jake told WooGlobe. "I consider this my first ...
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Ilia Malinin's Olympic backflip made history. But he's not the first to do it

Want more Olympics updates? Subscribe here to get our newsletter, Rachel Goes to the Games, delivered to your inbox for a behind-the-scenes look at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. MILAN — Ilia ...
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Ilia Malinin landed first legal backflip on the Olympic ice in 48 years. These athletes did it first

U.S. figure skater Ilia Malinin landed two backflips on the ice in his first two programs at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, much to the crowd's delight.Malinin, known as the "Quad God," was ...