In a stunner, Alysa Liu completes return to skating with gold at worlds ========== Alysa Liu made a stunning comeback to competitive figure skating by winning the women's gold at the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships in Boston—the first American woman to do so since 2006. Liu, once a teenage prodigy who quit skating after the 2022 Olympics, returned with a joyful and dazzling performance. Her gold-medal win, with a score of 222.97, led a strong U.S. showing with Isabeau Levito finishing fourth and Amber Glenn fifth. Her performance to Donna Summer's music symbolized freedom and fun, marking a hopeful resurgence for U.S. women's figure skating ahead of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2025/03/28/alysa-liu-figure-skating-world-title/