Richmond’s Liu, 19, dethroned three-time defending champion Kaori Sakamoto after coming out of a two year hiatus.

The 19-year-old returned to competing at the beginning of the 2024-25 season, and she capped it off a world champion.

Liu became the first American world champion since Kimmie Meissner stood atop the podium in 2006. Levito and Amber Glenn ...

American Alysa Liu is the surprise leader in the women's short program at the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships in ...

Liu, 19, became the first American woman to win the World Figure Skating Championships in 19 years. The previous American ...

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

Liu, 19, leapfrogged three-time defending world champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan to win the gold with a total score of 222.97 ...

Liu scored a 222.97 to complete her improbable return from retirement with a world championship Friday at TD Garden.

American figure skater Alysa Liu returns three years after quitting the sport, aged 16, to win the women's world title in ...

Alysa Liu never expected to win the world championships. After all, the 19-year-old figure skater retired from the sport ...

BOSTON — Alysa Liu is the first U.S. women's singles figure skater to win a world title in 19 years, capping a comeback ...