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Alysa Liu walked away from skating. Her fresh outlook when she returned helped her win Olympic gold
MILAN (AP) — Alysa Liu probably cared the least of all the women in figure skating at the Milan Cortina Olympics about winning the gold medal. Maybe that is why she won it. The 20-year-old with the striped hair,
She’s the fourth Bay Area skater to win individual gold at the Winter Olympics, and the seventh medalist from the region overall
Alysa Liu’s comeback is golden. Less than two years after coming out of retirement, Liu captured America’s first medal in women’s figure skating in 20 years — and it is colored gold for the first time since 2002.
Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu has earned her stripes.
Team USA's Alysa Liu brought her best in Thursday's free skate at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics and earned America's first gold medal in women's figure skating in 24 years.
Ilia Malinin missed out on a medal in a stunning and dramatic men's figure skating final at the Winter Olympics today. The 21-year-old American fell twice in his final free skate to score 156.33 and finish eighth as Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan won gold.
American figure skater Amber Glenn didn't fall, so why did her score plummet? An "invalid element" turned a clean skate into Olympic heartbreak.
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