It’s a comeback that had looked so unlikely, even Alysa Liu’s coaches tried to talk the American teenager out of returning.

BOSTON — It was once prophesied how Alysa Liu would return glory to U.S. women’s figure skating. At 13 years old, she became ...

Liu, 19, leapfrogged three-time defending world champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan to win the gold with a total score of 222.97 ...

Alysa Liu became the first American women's figure skating world champion in nearly two decades Friday night, dethroning ...

Alysa Liu never expected to win the world championships. After all, the 19-year-old figure skater retired from the sport ...

Alysa Liu becomes the first U.S. woman to win a world title since 2006, after having returned to international competition ...

Liu, 19, won gold at the world figure skating championships over the weekend in Boston, the first American women's singles ...

Alysa Liu made history by winning the women's world figure skating championship title at TD Garden in Boston on March 28, ...

Alysa Liu becomes the first U.S. woman to win a world figure skating title since 2006, and two other Americans finish in the ...

Bay Area figure skating fans on Monday were still celebrating East Bay native Alysa Liu’s gold medal performance at the World ...

U.S. figure skater Alysa Liu led after the short program on the opening night of the world championships on Wednesday.

In a stunning return to the sport, Alysa Liu became the first American woman to win a world championship in 19 years in ...