Alysa Liu to Compete in World Figure Skating Championships
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Alysa Liu finished the night in third place, Isabeau Levito finished in eighth and Amber Glenn is in 13th place after a popped jump. That puts extra pressure on all of them for Thursday's medal event.
Figure skating events at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics are officially in progress. The action began on Feb. 6 with qualifier events in the ice dancing rhythm dance, pairs skating short program and women's singles skating short program.
With her historic win, Liu has become the first American woman to win individual Olympic gold in figure skating since Sarah Hughes in 2002 — three years before she was even born.
The 2026 Winter Olympics women's figure skating competition concludes today, Feb. 19. See which 16 countries and 24 skaters are vying for a gold medal.
The women's figure skating event kicked off with the short program on Tuesday, with Japan's Ami Nakai and Kaori Sakamoto in the lead and U.S. reigning world champion Alysa Liu in 3rd. Next up is the free skate,
The final gold medal of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Figure Skating will be handed out Thursday as Americans Alysa Liu, Amber Glenn, and Isabeau Levito look to halt the momentum of Japanese skaters Ami Nakai and Kaori Sakamoto,
The Women's Figure Skating Free Skate will be the final figure skating event of the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics and it takes place on Thursday, Feb. 19.
Women's figure skating for the 2026 Winter Games has started. Here's the full schedule of events for this popular Olympic event in Milan.