Alysa Liu put on an exceptional short program, Amber Glenn struggled after a strong start, and Isabeau Levito had a clean performance.

Liu’s gold is the first individual women’s medal for the U.S. since 2006 in Turin.

Sarah Hughes was the last American woman to be crowned Olympic champion back in 2002 in Salt Lake City — three years before Liu was born. Four years later, Sasha Cohen was the last American woman to medal in the event at the 2006 Torino Olympics. Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto and Ami Nakai won silver and bronze, respectively.

Team USA’s Alysa Liu completed her Hollywood ending to take gold at the Winter Olympics

Liu asserted herself as Team USA’s brightest star of the 2026 Winter Games two days later, when she officially clinched an individual Olympic gold with a remarkable free skate, the first individual figure skating gold for an American woman since 2002.

Alysa Liu is in third entering the women's free skate at the 2026 Olympics, representing the Americans' best chance to end a 20-year medal drought.

Cowan is there to capture the emotional moments after an athlete finishes their routine and to accompany them to the kiss-and-cry couch, making him the first camera operator in Olympic history to be allowed onto the ice with the figure skaters and ice dancers.

A longtime Dallas figure skating coach says the community is in shock after a fellow coach was arrested.