Anatomy of an upset: how Ilia Malinin lost Olympic figure skating gold
A dominant technical skater suffered an unexpected Olympic defeat after missed elements caused collapsed base value and cascading penalties under an unforgiving modern scoring system.
He's Shy. He's Awkward. He's an Olympic Figure Skating Champion.
Mikhail Shaidorov, a 21-year-old from Kazakhstan, won Olympic men's figure-skating gold after Ilia Malinin faltered, producing a major and unexpected upset.
