Day 7 of Milano Cortina 2026 produced an Olympic shocker for the ages. Ilia Malinin’s collapse rewrote figure skating history, snowboard cross confronted life after its GOAT, the men’s halfpipe delivered another cruel lesson, and skeleton reminded us just how thin the line is between courage and calamity.
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https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/milano-cortina-2026-day-7
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