Cecilia Lei

Independent reviews have also backed up that conclusion.

And finally, last night, American figure skater and breakout Olympic star Ilya Malinin, who clinched the gold medal for the U.S.

in the team event on Sunday, took to the ice in the men's individual competition.

Malinin had a shaky performance a few nights before, but was nearly flawless Tuesday and now sits in first place, a full five points ahead of Japan's Yuma Kageyama and

who is in second.

Known as the quad god for his signature move, the quadruple axel, he is the only man to ever land the jump in competition.

So far, though, he hasn't attempted it in these games, but he'll get one more shot and a shot at individual gold on Friday when he performs in free skate.

Melanin did land another backflip, though, a daring move that doesn't actually earn him any points.

It's all done for the love of the sport.

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I'm Cecilia Lay filling in for Shamita Basu.

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