Alysa Liu, back from retirement at age 19, sits in first place after the women's short program at U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Thursday in Wichita, Kan. Liu was the bronze medalist at the 2022 World Championships before stepping away from the sport.
Amber Glenn defended her title as the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, landing a massive triple axel early in the program and then watching in stressful anticipation as Alysa Liu came up just short of surpassing her.
In return to the ice at the U.S. championships, the 19-year-old wins Thursday’s short program and offers hope for 2026 Olympics.
Alysa Liu returned after two years away from figure skating to take the lead after the short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
Amber Glenn repeated as U.S. figure skating champion, overtaking Alysa Liu by the second-closest margin under a two-decade-old scoring system. Glenn totaled 216.79 points between Thursday’s short program and Friday’s free skate in Wichita, Kansas. She turned a 5.45-point deficit to Liu after the short to a victory over Liu by 1.46 points.
Glenn, a 25-year-old Texan, had a triple axel in her long program to come from behind to win gold at US nationals.
Levito, the 2024 World silver medalist and 2023 U.S. champion, joins this year’s U.S. gold and silver medalists — Amber Glenn and Alysa Liu — on the world team. Levito’s spot is “pending return to play protocol.”
WICHITA, Kan. -- Alysa Liu wore the smudge of blood on her dress at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Thursday night like a poignant badge of honor, symbolic of everything she has gone ...
A strong free skate gave Glenn a winning score of 216.79, edging Alysa Liu (215.33) and 18-year-old Sarah Everhardt, from Haymarket, Virginia.
Among those athletes competing in Wichita are former and hopefully future Olympians, many of whom are also defending national champions.
NEW YORK — Olympic figure skating great and authoritative commentator Dick Button has died at 95. Button's son, Edward, said he died Thursday and did not provide a cause. Button won two Olympic gold medals, the most accomplished men's figure skater in history. He also was the voice of his sport and one of its greatest innovators.