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Alysa Liu won the first women's figure skating gold medal for the United States in 24 years at Winter Olympics in Milan on Thursday.
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According to NBC Sports, Liu is the first American woman to win a world title since Sarah Hughes in 2002. The last American woman to medal at the Olympics was Sasha Cohen, who won silver in 2006. It capped off a remarkable stretch for the 20-year-old Liu, who was born in Clovis and now trains out of Oakland.
The woman once anointed as the next great American skater fulfilled that destiny eight years later by taking a circuitous route to the top of the Olympic podium at the Milan Ice Skating Arena.
The Americans trailed for most of the game but survived in overtime to be crowned Olympic champions. Bruce Bennett / MILAN — Throughout the Olympic women’s hockey tournament, the American women looked unbeatable.
Megan Keller scored the game-winner in overtime against Canada to deliver the Olympic women's hockey gold medal to Team USA.
Alysa Liu's dynamic performance in Thursday's free skate earned her a gold medal, the first for the United States in the women's individual event since Sarah Hughes in 2002. And she did it on her terms.
United States figure skater Alysa Liu made it 2-for-2 on Thursday after an incredible performance in the free skate of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. Liu had already bagged her first Olympic gold medal in the team event earlier in the Games.
Liu won gold with a rousing routine to "MacArthur Park" by Donna Summer. Kaori Sakamoto and Ami Nakai, both of Japan, won silver and bronze.
Three figure skaters from Team USA competed in the women's individual free skate event at the Milan Cortina Winter Games.
The U.S. women’s hockey team won the Olympic gold medal Thursday, Feb. 19, beating archrival Canada 2-1 in overtime in Milan. It was the seventh time the North American rivals have played for an Olympic gold medal.
China's Zhongyan Ning upset American Jordan Stolz with an Olympic-record 1:41.98 in the men's speed skating 1,500-meter final Thursday in Milan.