"MILAN -- American figure skating sensation Ilia Malinin fell twice in a disastrous free skate that sent him tumbling all the way off the podium at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Friday night, allowing Mikhail Shaidorov to Kazakhstan to claim a stunning gold medal. Malinin, who led by a comfortable margin after the short program, merely had to deliver a mediocre performance to add individual gold to the gold medal he won in the team event."
"Instead, the 21-year-old was trying to fight back tears after one of the worst nights of his career, one that left a star-packed crowd inside Milano Ice Arena sitting in stunned silence. Shaidorov finished with a career-best 291.58 points to give his nation its first gold medal of the Winter Games, while Yuma Kagiyama earned his second consecutive Olympic silver medal and Japanese teammate Shun Sato took bronze."
Ilia Malinin, after leading the short program, fell twice in the free skate and dropped from first to eighth at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Mikhail Shaidorov scored a career-best 291.58 points to win Kazakhstan's first Winter Games gold. Yuma Kagiyama earned his second consecutive Olympic silver and Shun Sato took bronze. Malinin finished with 264.49 points and lost a two-plus year unbeaten streak that spanned 14 competitions, including the previous two world championships. The free skate included emotional scenes as Malinin fought back tears and the Milano Ice Arena crowd sat in stunned silence.
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