Olympic, Team USA and figure skating
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Superstar US figure skater Ilia Malinin made his Winter Olympics debut in the men's short program for the team event, but it was a scruffy outing.
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Olympics-figure skating-Malinin struggles in Olympic debut but US extends lead in team event
By Rory Carroll Milan, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Ilia Malinin made his anticipated Olympic debut at the Milano Cortina Games on Saturday and despite being upstaged by Japan's Yuma Kagiyama, the U.S. extended their lead in the team event thanks to the ice dancing of Madison Chock and Evan Bates.
Ilia Malinin​ was second with 98.00 and was topped by Japan's Yuma Kagiyama, who scored 108.67 points for the Olympic figure skating team event short program Saturday night.
Figure skating star Ilia Malinin is changing the sport in ways that go beyond his status as an overwhelming favorite for Olympic gold in Italy.