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WINTER OLYMPICS fans have claimed the \u201cice was too soft\u201d during the men\u2019s figure skating.<\/p>\n
Ilia Malinin\u00a0\u2013 also known as the \u2018Quad God\u2019 \u2013 and his rivals\u00a0suffered multiple falls as supporters took to social media to question the conditions.<\/p>\n\n
<\/div>Ilia Malinin falls on the ice as he blows gold medal chancesCredit: Shutterstock Editorial<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
<\/div>He was visibly upset at what had happened as fans took to social media to question iceCredit: Shutterstock Editorial<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Malinin had held a stranglehold on the discipline and arrived at the Milan-Cortina\u00a0Winter Olympics\u00a0on an unbeaten streak dating back to 2023.<\/p>\n
But two shock falls in the free skate wiped out the five-point lead he had built up in the short program \u2013 and dropped him all the way down to EIGHTH.<\/p>\n
The scenes involving the American and his fellow skaters raised questions online with fans watching events unfold.<\/p>\n
One wrote: \u201cThis men\u2019s figure skating free skate event is actually insane. The ice must be messed up? There were almost no good skates??\u201d<\/p>\n
Another agreed, posting: \u201cToo many skaters fell during the men\u2019s free skate. It was unusual. Was the ice too soft or rutted and could that have affected your skating?\u201d<\/p>\n
A fellow supporter added: \u201cMen\u2019s figure skating free skate needs to be redone! All the great skaters fell, check the ice!\u201d<\/p>\n
The trio weren\u2019t the only ones to question events with one fan sharing footage on TikTok and writing: \u201cOlympic Ice Skating all fall at the exact place. What\u2019s going on here @TeamUSA @Olympics?\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking to the media, Malinin said: \u201cIt\u2019s a lot to handle. The pressure of the Olympics really is something different.<\/p>\n\n
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\u201cI felt like I was ready, but it just went by so fast.<\/p>\n
\u201cMentally, it was a weird feeling.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had so many thoughts and memories flood in right before I got into my starting pose. It might have overwhelmed me a little bit.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m still so grateful that I was able to put in this work and effort to get to where I am. But it was not the skate that I wanted.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just blew it. It just didn\u2019t happen for me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just need to look to the future and make sure this never happens again.\u201d<\/p>\n
SunSport has contacted Milan-Cortina officials for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WINTER OLYMPICS fans have claimed the \u201cice was too soft\u201d during the men\u2019s figure skating. Ilia Malinin\u00a0\u2013 also known as the \u2018Quad God\u2019 \u2013 and his rivals\u00a0suffered multiple falls as supporters took to social media to question the conditions. Ilia Malinin falls on the ice as he blows gold medal chancesCredit: Shutterstock Editorial He was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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