If you know the Milan Cortina Olympics start in 100 days, then you probably already know about returning stars like Lindsey Vonn, Chloe Kim and Mikaela Shiffrin. But every Games also features first-time Olympians who go from anonymity to the A-list overnight.

These are the athletes who could do just that.

Ilia Malinin brings quads, backflips, raspberry twist to figure skating

Malinin, the son of figure skaters from Uzbekistan who settled in Virginia, has accomplished so much by age 20 that Olympic gold is just about his only box left to check. And all signs point to Malinin’s dominating in Milan, much as fellow American Nathan Chen did at the 2022 Beijing Games (Chen left competitive skating after his gold).

Malinin is undefeated since December 2023, including winning back-to-back Worl

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