When Alysa Liu and Ilia Malinin stepped onto the ice together at the 2026 Winter Olympic exhibition, it was supposed to be lighthearted — a celebratory encore after the pressure of medals had passed. But from the very first beat, something shifted. “Are they even breathing at the same time?” one commentator was heard whispering off-mic as they launched into perfectly synchronized jumps, rotating like mirror images and landing with uncanny precision.
Ilia Malinin, Alysa Liu and more figure skating stars took the ice one final time at the Milan Cortina Games. The “Quad God” will take part in the Olympic figure skating exhibition on Saturday....