Ilia Malinin Joyfully Presents His Gold Medal To Tara Lipinski’s Daughter
Team USA Ilia Malinin had a nice moment with Tara Lipinskidaughter of.
Lipinski, 43, took to Instagram on Tuesday, February 17, with a beautiful moment between Malinin, 21, and her 2-year-old daughter, Georgie, which she shared with her husband. Todd Kapostasy. In the photo, Malinin beamed at the camera as he placed his gold medal, which he won in the figure skating team event, on top of Georgie’s head. Then he picked her up and put her on his lap.
“In this moment 🥺,” Lipinski captioned the post. “You can say that Ilia is my big brother; he was very nice with Georgie. 🥇.” (Malinin is the older brother of Elli Beatrice, 10, and the son of Olympians Tatiana Malinina again Roman Skorniakov.)
Many Olympic athletes and celebrities overflow with time in the comments section. “🥹🥹🥹,” ice dancer Madison Chock he wrote. Lisa RinnaLipinski competed against him Traitors season 4, also commented, “Cutest!❤️.” A fan commented, “Eeeek!!! It’s so special.”
After taking home the gold for Team USA, Malinin also competed in the men’s single short program and free skate. He was tipped to win the individual gold medal, having gone two years in a row unbeaten, but he finished eighth on Friday, February 13, after falling twice on the ice. Kazakhstan Mikhail Shaidorov he won the gold medal and the Japanese one Yuma Kagiyama again Avoid Sato he took home silver and bronze, respectively.
After his performance, Malinin told NBC that he “knocked it.”
“That was the first thing that came to my mind – there’s no way it’s happening,” he shared. “I’ve been preparing all season. I felt very confident in my program. To come out and have that happen … there are no words, honestly.”
Malinin, also known as “Quad God,” said Today On Tuesday, the pressure to qualify for the Olympics is “not a good feeling.”
“The honest way to say is that it is very focused on you, many eyes, only so much attention from people, or fans, the media, it is just too much and it can get to you if you are not ready to fully accept it,” he explained.
“I think that might be one of the mistakes I made going into that free skate,” added Malinin. “I wasn’t ready to deal with this fully, so I think looking back on that, now I’ll be able to understand what that feels like so I can take a holistic approach before the next games hopefully.”
Malinin also revealed that he received “a lot of love” and “support” from fans and other athletes, including Tom Brady again Simone Biles.
Biles, who withdrew from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after facing these setbacks, told NBC on Tuesday, “I definitely had the opportunity to meet him. I also sent him messages and on Instagram, obviously everything was private because I know what he’s going through and I know a lot of athletes might not be able to watch it, and it’s really hard.”
Biles added, “I see her coming out on top after this. We’re all cheering for her.”
