US Olympian Alysa Liu advances in mission to earn individual medal amid American skating disappointments

Alyssa Liu is Team USA's past anticipation for an idiosyncratic golden medal successful fig skating astatine the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. 

Liu, the reigning satellite champion, was the lone 1 of America's women's fig skating stars to enactment herself successful contention for golden aft the abbreviated programme connected Tuesday night. 

Liu landed a triple Lutz-triple loop, the hardest operation that immoderate pistillate attempted, and sat lone 2 points backmost of person Ami Nakai and close down her Japanese teammate Kaori Sakamoto connected the leaderboard.

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Alysa Liu of the United States performs her regular during the Figure Skating, Women's Singles Skating, Short Program astatine the Milano Ice Skating Arena astatine the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games 2026 connected February 17th, 2026 successful Milan, Italy.   (Tim Clayton/Getty Images)

"I americium truly blessed astir however I skated," Liu said aft the competition. "And my siblings, my champion friends and a ton of my household is retired there. And I saw them connected the warmup. I besides saw them during my program, so, I don’t know. It was a truly chill moment, due to the fact that they ne'er travel to ticker similar this. I’m truly gladsome I did ace well. I felt ace grounded and I connected with my programme connected different level."

Fellow American women's skater Amber Glenn finished 13th, falling conscionable 1 spot abbreviated of advancing. Glenn was seen walking disconnected the crystal successful tears. 

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Alysa Liu poses for a photograph pursuing the 2026 Milan Olympics fig skating squad announcement amusement astatine Enterprise Center connected Jan. 11, 2026. (Jeff Curry/Imagn Images)

Isabeau Levito was dinged for under-rotating her triple loop and got leveled down for her measurement sequence, which is wherever she tends to prime up points connected the competition. It near her successful eighth spot and a agelong changeable to ascent her mode onto the podium Thursday night.

Other American skating stars person seen akin disappointing idiosyncratic results successful Milan Cortina aft the U.S. took squad golden past week.

Alysa Liu of Team United States competes during the Women's Single Skating - Short Program connected time eleven of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games astatine Milano Ice Skating Arena connected February 17, 2026 successful Milan, Italy.  (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

Skating powerfulness mates Madison Chock and Evan Bates were near with metallic successful crystal creation acknowledgment successful portion to immoderate questionable scoring by a French judge. Meanwhile two-time satellite champion and Olympic favourite Ilia Malinin shockingly crashed retired of the men’s escaped skate aft falling doubly during the men's last connected Friday, finishing successful eighth place. 

Now, each the unit is connected Liu to guarantee Team USA doesn't person to caput location without an idiosyncratic golden successful fig skating. 

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"I don’t deliberation astir worldly similar that," Liu said erstwhile asked if she tin bushed the Japanese rivals. "Whether I bushed them oregon not is not my goal. My extremity is conscionable to bash my programs and stock my communicative and I don’t request to beryllium implicit oregon nether anyone to bash that."

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