The 19-year-old returned to competing at the beginning of the 2024-25 season, and she capped it off a world champion.

Liu became the first American world champion since Kimmie Meissner stood atop the podium in 2006. Levito and Amber Glenn ...

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

Favorites Kaori Sakamoto of Japan and Amber Glenn of the U.S. both faltered in Boston American Alysa Liu is the surprise leader after the women's short program at the 2025 World Figure Skating ...

Liu announced she was returning to the sport in March 2024 after retiring in 2022 Alysa Liu announced her return to ...

Alysa Liu became the first American women's figure skating world champion in nearly two decades Friday night, dethroning ...

BOSTON — Alysa Liu is the first U.S. women's singles figure skater to win a world title in 19 years, capping a comeback ...

Liu, 19, leapfrogged three-time defending world champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan to win the gold with a total score of 222.97 ...

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

Liu scored a 222.97 to complete her improbable return from retirement with a world championship Friday at TD Garden.

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.

Alysa Liu never expected to win the world championships. After all, the 19-year-old figure skater retired from the sport ...