Ilia Malinin of the United States won Olympic gold in figure skating at the 2026 Winter Games in Milan, leading Team USA to the top of the podium in the figure skating team event.

Quick Scoop: What exactly did he win?

  • The gold came in the figure skating team event , not the individual men’s singles (those events were still ongoing or not fully summarized in some listings as of early February 2026).
  • Malinin skated last for Team USA in the men’s free skate segment of the team competition and delivered a high-difficulty program with multiple quadruple jumps.
  • His score of about 200 points in the free skate narrowly edged Japan’s Sato Shun, breaking a tie between the two countries and securing the gold for the U.S.
  • This victory gave the United States its second consecutive Olympic gold in the figure skating team event.

In simple terms: if your question is “who won gold in figure skating 2026?” the clearest, confirmed answer right now is that Team USA , anchored by Ilia Malinin’s clutch free skate, won gold in the figure skating team event at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

If you meant a specific discipline (men’s singles, women’s singles, pairs, or ice dance), those results are reported separately, and current live coverage heavily highlights Malinin and the team gold as the headline figure skating story of the Games so far.

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