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 ...
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Alysa Liu delivers the US its first women's figure skating world championship in nearly 2 decades
Liu became the first American women’s figure skating world champion in nearly two decades, dethroning three-time defending ...
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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, ...
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 ...
The American Skater Who Burned Out and Retired at 16—and Came Back to Win a World Title
Alysa Liu took two years off before returning as her sport’s most laid back competitor—and the first U.S. woman to hold the ...
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Alysa Liu Becomes First American Woman to Win World Figure Skating Championships in 19 Years: 'This is an Insane Story'
Three-time world champion and Olympic bronze medalist Kaori Sakamoto, the favorite coming into the event, bounced back after ...
Kaori Sakamoto fifth in Worlds short program
Defending champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan placed fifth in the women''s short program at the 2025 World Figure Skating ...
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 ...