CNNThe ‘Quad God’ made history with his Olympic backflip, but some say the glory was owed to a Black skater
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The ‘Quad God’ made history with his Olympic backflip, but some say the glory was owed to a Black skater
Ilia Malinin, the U.S. figure skater nicknamed the “Quad God,” became the first person to legally land a backflip on one skate in the Olympics — although one trailblazing woman pulled it off when the move was still forbidden.