Liu, 19, leapfrogged three-time defending world champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan to win the gold with a free skate score of ...
Alysa Liu became the first American women’s figure skating world champion in nearly two decades Friday night, dethroning ...
Liu became the first American world champion since Kimmie Meissner stood atop the podium in 2006. Levito and Amber Glenn ...
Liu became the first American women’s figure skating world champion in nearly two decades, dethroning three-time defending ...
In her first figure skating career, the one she ended with a retirement three years ago at age 16, Alysa Liu won national ...
American skaters Alysa Liu, Isabeau Levito and Amber Glenn competed in the women's long program Friday with medals up for grabs.
while reigning two-time U.S. champ Amber Glenn is ninth. The last American woman to win a world championship was Kimmie Meissner in 2006. When asked about possibly ending the drought, Liu demurred.
This time, however, it needed to be on her own terms: her choice of coaches, her choice of music, and being herself always. “I have a lot of energy,” said Liu. “It’s really fun for me to ...