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.
Liu won gold with a rousing routine to "MacArthur Park" by Donna Summer. Kaori Sakamoto and Ami Nakai, both of Japan, won silver and bronze.
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.
American figure skater Amber Glenn didn't fall, so why did her score plummet? An "invalid element" turned a clean skate into Olympic heartbreak.
After paying tribute to Audrey Hepburn last season, the American competitor with Italian roots emulated another timeless actor.
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