Photos show ‘Quad God’ Ilia Malinin fall as he fails to win gold

MILAN (AP) — American figure skating sensation Ilia Malinin fell twice in a disastrous free skate that sent him tumbling all the way off the podium at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Friday night, allowing Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan to claim a stunning gold medal.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

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