Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu has earned her stripes. “I feel good, I feel confident and I put it all out there,” the 20-year-old said Thursday after winning America’s first gold medal in the Winter ...

One night every quadrennium. That’s it. One night for the best female skaters to nail their jumps, skate with grace and joie de vivre, and add that little something extra that elevates them from mere ...

At 16, out of love with the sport, Liu stepped away. On Thursday, she became the first American to win individual gold in women’s figure skating in 24 years. Credit...Vincent Alban/The New York Times ...

Francis Lui Kin-wai is optimistic Hot Delight can repeat his outstanding debut victory when he steps up to Class Three company in Thursday’s first section of the Yue Yee Handicap (1,200m) at Sha Tin.

MILAN — In the hour before Alysa Liu would become the first American woman in nearly a quarter of a century to win an individual Olympic figure skating gold medal, she skipped around the warmup area ...

For more than two decades, U.S. women’s figure skating carried the legacy of past Olympic champions like Sarah Hughes, whose gold medal performance at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics stood as the ...

United States figure skater Alysa Liu couldn’t be happier with how her free skate routine came out, and judges agreed as she won gold on Thursday night at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games. Joy is an ...

Alysa Liu’s rise from teenage prodigy to Olympic champion hasn’t just been about her relentless quadruple jumps and fearless artistry on ice — it’s also a story shaped by the guidance of her coaches, ...

MILAN — When the first figure skater enters their starting pose in the final half of the women’s single skating event Thursday night, American Alysa Liu will be best positioned to bring home a medal ...

How Did Alysa Liu Get Her Teeth & Upper Lip Piercing? Alysa did her own piercing! Ahead of the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics, the figure skater told NBC affiliate TMJ4 News that she “pierced them a ...

Begin with the hair—which, after all, Alysa Liu invites us to do. It’s hardly the halo of an ice angel. Her dyed-blond-and-black circlets have a welcome element of scornfulness, a taunting of judgment ...

Alysa Liu is skating into a bright future. Just days after winning gold for her free skate at the 2026 Milano Cortina Games—becoming the first American woman to medal in the event since 2006—the ...