BOSTON — Alysa Liu let out a shocked smile Friday night ... Liu, 19, leapfrogged three-time defending world champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan to win the gold with a total score of 222.97.

It’s a comeback that had looked so unlikely, even Alysa Liu’s coaches tried to talk the American teenager out of returning.

After the Russian doping scandal rocked the last Winter Olympics, the raw talent on display at Worlds was a breath of fresh ...

The U.S. experienced its most successful competition in history at the 2025 ISU Figure Skating World Championship in Boston ...

Bay Area figure skater Alysa Liu won a gold medal at the World Figure Skating Championships at 19, less than three years ...

After retiring three years ago and coming back to the sport in October 2024, she's the first American woman to win Worlds in 19 years The post Alysa Liu wins women’s world figure skating championship ...

BOSTON (AP) — Alysa Liu skated around the ice in disbelief ... dethroning three-time defending champ Kaori Sakamoto with a ...

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

Alysa Liu, who walked away from figure skating at age 16 and returned last year, won the 2025 world championship on Friday.