At the last Winter Games, in 2022 in Beijing, the coronavirus pandemic meant that spectators were largely absent and competing was a lonely experience.

The United States won the Olympic gold medal in the figure skating team event for the second successive Games on Sunday in Milan.

The quadruple axel jump (four-and-a-half revolutions in the air) is the ace up Malinin's sleeve, and he is set to attempt it on Sunday in a move to secure USA gold over rival Japan.