If you’re looking for an edge-of-your-seat TV drama to watch besides “The Pitt,” might I recommend “The Rink.” Because this week’s Winter Olympics men’s figure skating competition provided more explosive shocks than any other show out there right now.

Figure skating fans are not happy with the Olympic ice quality that saw over a dozen men fall during the free skate finale.

Ilia Malinin missed out on a medal in a stunning and dramatic men's figure skating final at the Winter Olympics today. The 21-year-old American fell twice in his final free skate to score 156.33 and finish eighth as Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan won gold.

Mikhail Shaidorov became Kazakhstan’s first Olympic gold medallist in men’s figure skating after triumphing at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics 2026.View on euronews

The figure skating community described the shock they felt watching Ilia Malinin’s mistake-ridden performance Friday night, trying to help fans understand how the sport's most dominant athlete performed so far below expectations.

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Malinin’s incredible performance in the Free Skate on Sunday helped give the United States its second straight Olympic gold in the Team Event, narrowly squeaking by the strong Japanese squad. Kagiyama actually posted a better score than Malinin in the Short Program late last week.

Twenty-one men have won a gold medal in figure skating at the Olympics since 1908. Here's the full list.

In one of the biggest upsets of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan/Cortina d’Ampezzo, Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov won the gold medal. The gold for Shaidorov was completely unexpected. This was Kazakhstan’s first medal of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games.