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, ...
Richmond’s Alysa Liu delivers the US its first women’s figure skating world championship in nearly 2 decades
Richmond’s Liu, 19, dethroned three-time defending champion Kaori Sakamoto after coming out of a two year hiatus.
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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 ...
Olympic favorite Ilia Malinin of the US aims to defend his figure skating world title
Ilia Malinin is heavily favored to defend his figure skating world championship this week in what should be a preview of the ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...