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Training to land a double backflip again

Follow the training process of rebuilding a double backflip on the floor through drills, technique, strength, and consistent practice. This gymnastics journey highlights the progression behind ...
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Malinin made history with his Olympic backflip, but some say the glory was owed to a Black skater

MILAN (AP) — Ilia Malinin, the U.S. figure skater nicknamed the “Quad God,” became the first person to legally land a backflip on one skate in the Olympics — although one trailblazing woman pulled it ...
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Ilia Malinin's Olympic backflip made history. But he's not the first to do it

Want more Olympics updates? Subscribe here to get our newsletter, Rachel Goes to the Games, delivered to your inbox for a behind-the-scenes look at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. MILAN — Ilia ...
Guinness World Records

Youngest person to land a backflip on a BMX bike (male)

The youngest person to land a backflip on a BMX bike (male) is Tsumugi Tamura (Japan, b.1 December 2019), who was 5 years and 313 days old, as verified in Ama, Aichi, Japan, on 10 October 2025. He ...