The history of figure skating’s most controversial trick — the backflip

This is the first Olympics to feature backflips in over 25 years.

Ilia Malinin landed first legal backflip on the Olympic ice in 48 years. These athletes did it first

U.S. figure skater Ilia Malinin landed two backflips on the ice in his first two programs at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter ...

From gifting a hat to tossing them onto the rink, a history of hat tricks in sports

Hat tricks have a rich history in hockey, but it didn't start there. For NPR's Word of the Week, we trace the term's some 150 ...
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Reporter's notebook: A Dutch speedskater and a U.S. influencer walk into a bar

NPR's Rachel Treisman took a pause from watching figure skaters break records to see speed skaters break records. Plus, the ...