The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics ended the 24-year drought in USA’s women’s singles Figure Skating since Sarah Hughes’s victory in 2002. On February 19, 2026 Alysa Liu won 1st place with 226.79 points, bringing home a long awaited gold medal. Since the age of 5, Alysa Liu has been a Figure Skating prodigy. Growing up in Oakland, California, Liu rose to the highest levels of the sport at a very young age with the support of her father and coaches. At just 13 years