All five figure skating champions at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games have been crowned. Olympic figure skating took its final curtain call until 2030 on Thursday as Alysa Liu won gold and snapped the individual Olympic medal drought that plagued American women for 20 years.
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,
American Alysa Liu won gold in women's figure skating, becoming the first American woman to do so since 2002. American speedskater Jordan Stolz took silver in the 1,500-meter final. He'd previously won two gold medals at these Games, and he'll have another shot to medal Saturday.
Three figure skaters from Team USA competed in the women's individual free skate event at the Milan Cortina Winter Games.
Levito scored a 131.96 in the women's free skate on Feb. 19. This value, paired with the 70.84 earned from the women's short program Feb. 17, brought Levito to a total score of 202.8. The New Jersey skater ultimately finished in twelfth place overall.
In 1968, the U.S. had its third gold medalist in the women's figure skating singles event in the past four Winter Olympics. Peggy Fleming was the champion, and she ended up being the lone American gold medalist at the entire 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
Alysa Liu brought down the house with her free skating, her electric performance rocketing her to winning gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
One judge is facing heavy criticism after one of their scores in Thursday's figure skating final at the Winter Olympic Games.