Liu became the first American world champion since Kimmie Meissner stood atop the podium in 2006. Levito and Amber Glenn scored three spots for the Americans at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Alysa Liu became the first American women’s figure skating world champion in nearly two decades Friday night, dethroning three-time defending champion Kaori Sakamoto.

All of the medals will be decided by Saturday night. The worlds are being hosted by the renowned Skating Club of Boston, which had six members killed nearly two months ago, when an American ...

In that respect, the American women are in good shape after Wednesday night. Not only do they have Liu in first place, they have Levito — the reigning silver medalist — holding down a podium ...

BOSTON — American figure skater Alysa Liu assumed the lead after the short program on the opening night of the world championships on Wednesday, proving that the Olympian is much farther along ...