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Alysa Liu Walked Away From Skating. Her Fresh Outlook when She Returned Helped Her Win Olympic Gold
Alysa Liu's comeback after a 2-year retirement led to a personal-best 226.79 score, ending a 24-year U.S. Olympic gold drought in women's figure skating.
- Thursday in Milan, Alysa Liu, U.S. figure skater, won Olympic women's singles gold with a personal-best 226.79, the first U.S. gold since 2002.
- Following time away, Liu trained at the Oakland Ice Center and won the 2025 ISU World Championships, showcasing a deliberate return and renewed confidence.
- Liu's free skate included a double axel, a triple lutz–triple toe loop combination, and a triple flip, delivering a near‑flawless performance that rallied the Milano Ice Skating Arena crowd.
- At a Thursday watch party in Oakland, fans and friends celebrated Liu's gold as a win for the community and gifted a San Jose Sharks jersey.
- Supporters say Liu's return and world title offer hope to injured and young skaters, spotlighting U.S. women's figure skating after her two-year break pursuing personal goals.
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Alysa Liu explains how skating with joy led to Olympic gold for US: ‘There’s no way to lose’
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! United States figure skater Alysa Liu couldn’t be happier with how her free skate routine came out, and judges agreed as she won gold on Thursday night at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games. Joy is an understatement for the 20-year-old who ended a 24-year drought for gold for the Americans. But that’s exactly what the theme of her free skate was about — the joy of being out on the ice in front of the crowd a…
Estonian figure skater Niina Petrõkina takes seventh place in her Olympic debut
Competing in the Olympics for the first time, two-time European figure skating champion Niina Petrõkina finished seventh at the Milan-Cortina Winter Games. American skater and reigning world champion Alysa Liu was crowned Olympic champion.
Alysa Liu wins figure skating gold, ending a 24-year Olympic drought for the U.S. women
Liu delivered a near-flawless free skate at the Milan Cortina Games to beat out Kaori Sakamoto and Ami Nakai of Japan. It was the first individual gold medal for an American woman since 2002.
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