The Olympic Team Event came down to the final skater on Sunday. In front of a packed house inside the Milano Ice Skating arena, the United States narrowly defeated Japan for its second consecutive team gold.

Team USA prevailed in one of the closest competitions in Winter Olympic history over Japan in the figure skating team competition.

Ilia Malinin secured gold for Team USA in the figure skating team competition by winning the men’s free skate with a clutch performance.

Ilia Malinin secured gold for Team USA in the final segment of the team figure skating event. But it wasn't the dominant performance fans have become used to seeing from the two-time world champion. Malinin said the Olympic stage took him by surprise.

Olympic figure skater Maxim Naumov's parents, Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, represented Russia in the Olympics twice in the 1990s

After leaving competitive skating for a few months as a teen, the three-time national champion is making her Olympic debut