Figure skating: Kaori Sakamoto misses 4th straight worlds title as Liu wins
Japan's Kaori Sakamoto fell short of her fourth straight women's figure skating world championship title on Friday when she ...
Figure skating: 3-time champ Kaori Sakamoto 5th in short program at worlds
Japanese figure skater Kaori Sakamoto placed fifth in the short program Wednesday at the world championships in Boston but ...
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Kaori Sakamoto breathes sigh of relief after world championships
Following last year’s ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal, Kaori Sakamoto seemed invincible. This season, ...
Alysa Liu delivers the US its first women’s figure skating world championship in nearly 2 decades
Alysa Liu skated around the ice in disbelief, her golden dress shimmering in the lights of TD Garden, and the appreciative ...
Alysa Liu Becomes First American Woman to Win World Figure Skating Championships in 19 Years: 'This is an Insane Story'
Liu announced she was returning to the sport in March 2024 after retiring in 2022 Alysa Liu announced her return to ...
Alysa Liu Soars to 1st Place in Short Program at World Figure Skating Championships After Unretiring from the Sport Last Year
Favorites Kaori Sakamoto of Japan and Amber Glenn of the U.S. both faltered in Boston American Alysa Liu is the surprise ...
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Resurgent Liu wins women's figure skating world title over Sakamoto
Liu, who walked away from the sport in 2022 at the age of 16 and returned just a year ago, defied the pressure Sakamoto piled ...
With a dazzling women’s free skate, American Alysa Liu caps comeback with world championship victory
Liu scored a 222.97 to complete her improbable return from retirement with a world championship Friday at TD Garden.
Alysa Liu, in her return, becomes first US world champion since 2006
Alysa Liu and Kaori Sakamoto shared a long hug after Liu’s score was announced at the World Figure Skating Championships at TD Garden on Friday as Liu approached the Leaders Chair where Sakamoto had ...
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Liu, 19, wins world title - three years after retiring
The 19-year-old produced a captivating free-skate routine, to the delight of her home crowd at TD Garden, to edge out Japan's ...