Ilia Malinin and Alysa Liu topped their respective short program standings Thursday as the United States took the lead after ...

Finishing second at worlds in Boston to Alysa Liu, Kaori Sakamoto found herself in a familiar spot following the women's ...

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 three-time defending champion Kaori Sakamoto. Liu quit the sport after ...

Alysa Liu skated around the ice in disbelief, her golden dress shimmering in the lights of TD Garden, and the appreciative roar from a sellout crowd reminded her why she had returned to the sport ...

Alysa Liu followed up her title at worlds with the top free skate in the short program at the ISU World Team Trophy in Tokyo, ...

Alysa Liu won the women's figure skating world title on Friday, delivering a dazzling free skate to edge three-time defending champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan. Liu, who walked away from the sport ...

Japanese figure skater Yuma Kagiyama plans to try a difficult quadruple flip for the first time in his short program when he competes ...

Following last year’s ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal, Kaori Sakamoto seemed invincible. This season, which culminated with the worlds in Boston last week, proved otherwise.

American Alysa Liu is the surprise leader in the women's short program at the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships in Boston. The 19-year-old retired from skating in 2022 at age 16 and only came ...

In the end, she finished with a total of 222.97 points across both the short program and free skate, almost five full points ...

Time away from the ice and a reignited passion helped the 19-year-old become the first U.S. woman to win the figure skating world championships since 2006.