Ilia Malinin comes from a family of Olympic legends

Malinin is the son of two Russian-born Olympic figure skaters, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov, who competed for Uzbekistan at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, and the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City. They later moved to Virginia, where Ilia was born in 2004. He started skating at age 6.

Both parents figure skated for Uzbekistan.

Competing in the Winter Olympics is more than just a dream for Ilia Malinin - it's a family tradition. His parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov, are both former Olympic figure skaters as well,

Ilia Malinin is expected to cement his place in the pantheon of Winter Olympics stars Friday night if he wins the men's individual gold medal.

Do you know the name Ilia Malinin? If not, you will after the Winter Olympic Games — or you can learn all about the phenom now.

Seven Americans have won Olympic gold in men's singles figure skating, the last time coming in Beijing in 2022.

One would think that given all the success Marina Klimova enjoyed in high-stakes, international figure skating with her husband and pairs partner, Sergei Ponomarenko, she would have no trouble watching her son when he takes the ice.

Ilia Malinin's parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov, were also Olympic figure skaters