Gymnastics legend Simone Biles attended the Winter Games with her husband, Jonathan Owens, and she was in the arena on Feb. 13, when the self-proclaimed "Quad God" finished in an unexpected eighth place in the men's singles event. Biles reached out to Malinin afterward, and she even crashed his Access Hollywood interview to share some wisdom on Feb. 17. The GOAT & The Quad God
I have to start today by confessing two biases First, Ilia Malinin isn't just from my home country (USA). Not just my home region (metro area: Washington, DC). He's from my hometown (Vienna, Va.). You could run a 5k road race from my home to his high school. I know people who've taught him. I know people who've skated with him. I could easily bump into him on a fast-food run this summer