He became the first Kazakh Olympic figure skating champion, delivering his country’s first gold medal of these Games and its first Winter Olympic gold since Lillehammer 1994. Grand Pinnacle Tribune: Mikhail Shaidorov stuns field with Olympic figure skating goldScreenshot from evrimagaci.orgAccording to Grand Pinnacle Tribune, the men’s figure skating final at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics was meant to crown a king. Mikhail Shaidorov, the 21-year-old from Kazakhstan, skated last among the contenders with nothing to lose and everything to gain. Mikhail Shaidorov had just delivered one of the biggest upsets in Olympic figure skating history. “He is very important for figure skating, he is the best skater in history.

Source: Washington Post February 14, 2026 11:15 UTC