Milan, Italy, Feb 4, 2026 (AFP) - Figure skating favourite Malinin feeling 'the pressure' in Milan

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2026-02-04

Olympic men's figure skating star Ilia Malinin admitted Wednesday that being the favourite was a tough burden to carry. "It is a lot to handle when you have all the pressure, all the attention, all the focus on you to become the Olympic gold hopeful," the 21-year-old told a press conference in Milan. "I'll have bad days, where I think about that and it really shuts me down, it puts me in not the best mood. "A lot of the times I'm able to use tha......

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