Is personality just as important as talent? Winter Olympian Ilia Malinin is rewriting figure skating with record-breaking jumps, but what the 21-year-old really wants is global celebrity.
The skating star who ‘broke physics’
Defying gravity: Malinin has already sent audiences in Italy wild with his on-ice backflips. Glossary
Ilia Malinin - An American figure skater born in 2004. His parents are former Olympians who skated for Uzbekistan. They moved to America before he was born.
Consecutive - One after the other.
Quadruple Axel - A figure skating jump with four revolutions.
The Rock - The "ring name" of American wrestler and actor Dwayne Johnson.
Merch - Branded goods — a short form of the word merchandise.
Michael Phelps - An American swimmer and the most successful Olympian of all time.
Simone Biles - An American artistic gymnast born in 1997.
Virtuosity - Great skill in an artistic pursuit.