Three figure skaters from Team USA competed in the women's individual free skate event at the Milan Cortina Winter Games.
Alysa Liu brought down the house with her free skating, her electric performance rocketing her to winning gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
For more than seven decades, women from the United States have shaped Olympic figure skating. Each champion arrived in a different era. Each one faced a different challenge. Some battled illness. Others carried the weight of tragedy or tough rivalry.
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
American figure skater Amber Glenn didn't fall, so why did her score plummet? An "invalid element" turned a clean skate into Olympic heartbreak.
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.