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The Winter Olympic Games have been among Ilia Malinin\u2019s best and worst memories.<\/p>\n

He started off the event on top of the world, \u201cQuad God\u201d commercials playing on loop as he carried the United States of America over the line against Japan to win the figure skating team event.<\/p>\n

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\"Figure<\/p>\n

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Then, a week later, he was looking up at the lights of the venue in Milan, wondering where it all went wrong. He collapsed in the free skate of the men\u2019s individual competition and went from a dominating first-place position to ending eighth.<\/p>\n

But through all of the strife and criticism, Malinin has been a fixture at every one of his American teammates\u2019 competitions since the men\u2019s final.<\/p>\n

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He was there for his friends during the pairs competition, the women\u2019s short program, and Thursday night when Alysa Liu delivered a performance of a lifetime to win gold.<\/p>\n

Liu came into the women\u2019s finals in third place with an outside shot of taking home the top prize. But after displaying flawless technical skills and beautiful artistry, she went from dark horse to new champion in the span of an hour.<\/p>\n

\"Alysa<\/p>\n

The Olympic broadcast cameras caught Malinin unaware, reacting to Liu\u2019s performance, fully off his feet, clapping and screaming for his close friend.<\/p>\n

Malinin was all smiles as Liu won the first individual women\u2019s figure skating gold medal for Team USA in over 20 years.<\/p>\n

\"Winter<\/p>\n

Although his competitive tenure in Italy is over, Malinin, along with other American skaters, still has one more performance. The \u201cQuad God\u201d will perform on Saturday at the Olympic Exhibition Gala, the traditional sendoff for the skaters to say goodbye to the Olympic crowd that\u2019s been supporting them for two weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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