Alysa Liu Becomes First US Women’s Figure Skating World Champion in Nearly 2 Decades

Alysa Liu Becomes First US Women’s Figure Skating World Champion in Nearly 2 Decades
Alysa Liu of the United States reacts after her routine in Women's Free Skating during the 2025 ISU World Figure Skating Championships at TD Garden in Boston on March 28, 2025. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images
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BOSTON—Alysa Liu skated around the ice in disbelief, her golden dress shimmering in the lights of TD Garden, and the appreciative roar from a sellout crowd reminded her why she had returned to the sport following a nearly two-year retirement.

When her score was finally read, the 19-year-old from Clovis, California, had made history.