Ilia Malinin is one of three figure skaters to pull off a backflip in Olympic competition.

U.S. figure skating phenom Ilia Malinin did a backflip in his Olympic debut, and another the next day. The controversial move ...

Ilia Malinin made history the last two seasons by landing the most difficult jump in figure skating time after time. This week, he plans to make some more by backflipping on the ice. Skate America, ...

Ilia Malinin’s backflip has been openly embraced, but it was received differently decades ago when Surya Bonaly performed the move at the 1998 Games.

The Unitree H1 robot is flipping the script on what humanoid robots can do — literally. This bipedal bot has just snagged the spotlight by pulling off a standing backflip without any hydraulics.

First frowned up, then banned, the backflip has always held a rebel cache in the skating world. Now unbanned, today's skaters are using it to impress crowds and judges alike.