It’s a comeback that had looked so unlikely, even Alysa Liu’s coaches tried to talk the American teenager out of returning.

Alysa Liu, who walked away from figure skating at age 16 and returned last year, won the 2025 world championship on Friday.

In a stunning return to the sport, Alysa Liu became the first American woman to win a world championship in 19 years in ...

Bay Area figure skating fans on Monday were still celebrating East Bay native Alysa Liu’s gold medal performance at the World ...

Liu, 19, won gold at the world figure skating championships over the weekend in Boston, the first American women's singles ...

After the Americans' showing Friday, for the first time since 2002, when Michelle Kwan was reigning world champ, an American ...

BOSTON — Alysa Liu skated around the ice in disbelief ... Liu became the first American women’s figure skating world champion ...

BOSTON — Alysa Liu skated around the ice in disbelief ... Liu became the first American women’s figure skating world champion in nearly two decades, dethroning three-time defending champ ...

It’s an accomplishment Alysa herself describes as “insane ... members who’d attended the US Figure Skating Championships in Kansas. Liu poignantly chose to dedicate her historic ...

BOSTON — Alysa Liu skated around the ice in disbelief ... Liu became the first American women’s figure skating world champion in nearly two decades, dethroning three-time defending champ ...