It’s a comeback that had looked so unlikely, even Alysa Liu’s coaches tried to talk the American teenager out of returning.
Richmond’s Liu, 19, dethroned three-time defending champion Kaori Sakamoto after coming out of a two year hiatus.
Liu became the first American world champion since Kimmie Meissner stood atop the podium in 2006. Levito and Amber Glenn ...
The 19-year-old returned to competing at the beginning of the 2024-25 season, and she capped it off a world champion.
American Alysa Liu is the surprise leader in the women's short program at the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships in ...
Alysa Liu announced her return to competitive figure skating after retiring in 2022. She just won the world championship title in front of a home crowd, the first American woman to do so in 19 years.
Alysa Liu dethroned three-time defending champion Kaori Sakamoto to become the first American women's figure skating world ...
BOSTON — Alysa Liu is the first U.S. women's singles figure skater to win a world title in 19 years, capping a comeback ...
Alysa Liu won a stunning world title in women's singles Friday, the first for the United States in the event since 2006.
Liu scored a 222.97 to complete her improbable return from retirement with a world championship Friday at TD Garden.
After the Americans' showing Friday, for the first time since 2002, when Michelle Kwan was reigning world champ, an American ...