Winter Olympics 2026 live updates: Team USA's Alysa Liu wins figure skating gold on Day 13, plus speedskating, more

Team USA figure skater Alysa Liu delivered a superb routine to win gold in dramatic fashion, highlighting an action-packed Day 13 at the Milan Cortina Games. Liu secured the first gold medal since 2002,

Alysa Liu had to take control of her destiny before she could fulfill it

Alysa Liu, figure skating’s prodigal daughter, retired at 16 only to come back to win gold on her own terms in Milan.

South Jersey’s Isabeau Levito finishes 12th, fellow American Alysa Liu claims gold medal at Olympics

MILAN, Italy — In her first Olympics, in her mother’s hometown and very close to where her grandmother still lives, South Jersey figure skater Isabeau Levito earned a score of 131.96 in the free skate,

Watch: The 'Blade Angels' take the ice at 2026 Milan Cortina Games

Above video: On practice ice at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, U.S. champions Amber Glenn and Alysa Liu practice before going head-to-head in the women's short program. Can't view the above video? Click here.

Alysa Liu’s joy, Amber Glenn’s anguish and a short program with a gamut of emotions

The Americans entered the first phase of the women’s skating event with hopes of having three in contention for a medal. Liu remains very much in the mix.

Does Alysa Liu have pierced teeth? Striped hair, mouth piercings turn heads at Olympics

Does Alysa Liu have pierced teeth? And when does she compete in today's figure skating final? Answers here. Also, about that hair