It's another action-packed Sunday at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics as figure skating pairs gets underway and several medals are awarded on the slopes.

Ilia Malinin stumbled under Olympic pressure as underdog Mikhail Shaidorov captured gold in a shocking Olympic men’s figure skating final at Milano-Cortina 2026.

If you’re looking for an edge-of-your-seat TV drama to watch besides “The Pitt,” might I recommend “The Rink.” Because this week’s Winter Olympics men’s figure skating competition provided more explosive shocks than any other show out there right now.

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The figure skating community described the shock they felt watching Ilia Malinin’s mistake-ridden performance Friday night, trying to help fans understand how the sport's most dominant athlete performed so far below expectations.

Malinin’s incredible performance in the Free Skate on Sunday helped give the United States its second straight Olympic gold in the Team Event, narrowly squeaking by the strong Japanese squad. Kagiyama actually posted a better score than Malinin in the Short Program late last week.

In one of the biggest upsets of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan/Cortina d’Ampezzo, Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov won the gold medal. The gold for Shaidorov was completely unexpected. This was Kazakhstan’s first medal of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games.

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