Kicking off this year’s Winter Olympics rundown to Milan, Italy is a man who’s been here before. Ilia Malinin has been on this blog’s radar for years, so his perch at the top of the world’s male competitors for this year’s Olympic Games is no surprise, and as of this writing he looks poised to cinch tonight’s National Championship title. Malinin has already been a Dazzler of the Day here way back in 2023, and the self-proclaimed (and righteously earned) ‘Quad God’ may be adding to that with more honors in the weeks to come.
