During the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, a French figure skating judge was caught vote-swapping in the pairs competition, and two years later, the International Skating Union changed its 6.0 judging system.
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Alysa Liu walked away from skating. Her fresh outlook when she returned helped her win Olympic gold
MILAN (AP) — Alysa Liu probably cared the least of all the women in figure skating at the Milan Cortina Olympics about winning the gold medal. Maybe that is why she won it. The 20-year-old with the striped hair,
She’s the fourth Bay Area skater to win individual gold at the Winter Olympics, and the seventh medalist from the region overall
Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu has earned her stripes.
Liu won gold with a rousing routine to "MacArthur Park" by Donna Summer. Kaori Sakamoto and Ami Nakai, both of Japan, won silver and bronze.
For more than seven decades, women from the United States have shaped Olympic figure skating. Each champion arrived in a different era. Each one faced a different challenge. Some battled illness. Others carried the weight of tragedy or tough rivalry.
Team USA's Alysa Liu brought her best in Thursday's free skate at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics and earned America's first gold medal in women's figure skating in 24 years.
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