Winter Olympics 2026: Novak Djokovic takes in figure skating team event, cheers on USA’s Ilia Malinin
Greatness witnessed greatness Sunday night at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.Fresh off his run to the Australian Open final, tennis legend and Paris 2024 Olympic champion Novak Djokovic was in attendance for the Olympic figure skating team event, which culminated with "Quad God" Ilia Malinin.On the line: the team event gold medal, with the USA and Japan headed into the men's free skate, the final of eight segments of the event.Djokovic watched the action from just above the ice level, sitting alongside his wife, Jelena.He gave Malinin a standing ovation after the American's free skate, which helped Team USA seal a second straight Olympic gold medal in that event.The Serbian superstar is arguably the greatest tennis player of all time, with 24 Grand Slam singles titles - an Open Era record. He has called his gold 18 months ago in Paris over Carlos Alcaraz the most important win of his career, and has event hinted he'd like to play at LA 2028.
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