Even before competing in his first Olympics, 21-year-old Ilia Malinin has transformed the sport of figure skating.

Every four years, many of us settle in for hours of Olympic figure skating—team events, ice dance, pairs, women’s, and men’s.

For all the fans who love watching figure skating during the Winter Olympics but don’t know much more than falling = bad news ...

But for Ilia Malinin, the nickname is not just youthful bravado. It’s a statement of fact. The 21-year-old from Virginia, who ...