For 1998 gold medalist Tara Lipinski, practicing and executing quintuplets, which Malinin is rumored to have already done in training, “really is man-on-the-moon-type skating.” The Olympian says Malinin has “revolutionized men’s skating and is doing things I never thought possible.”

The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee announced Jan. 26 all 232 members of the Olympic team that will compete at the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, which get underway Feb. 4.

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Team USA is sending one of its strongest figure skating squads ever to Milano Cortina.