Fun fact of the day: at the height of his quadruple axel, Olympic figure skater Ilia Malinin is spinning at 350 rpm, “about the same as a kitchen stand mixer”.
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Had to look up some videos of him. He does a backflip in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xv_mjWUV9Y
He has a fun energy and you can tell he's having fun too!
This video has him doing a lot more quads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SGiDR9dqFY
Malinin competes in the Olympic men's free skate final today (will be shown tonight on TV in the US).
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