Alysa Liu lands most difficult combination in women's figure skating competition to post big score, chase gold medal at Olympics originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. She's lighter, happier, freer -- and she's in contention for a figure skating gold medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea are in seventh and Emily Chan and Spencer Akira Howe are in ninth after the pairs' figure skating short program.

Minerva Hase and Nikita Volodin of Germany took a sizable lead in the Olympic pairs figure skating short program in Milano-Cortina, topping a tightly contested field ahead of Monday’s free skate.

Figure skating at the Winter Olympics is always one of the main attractions, especially the women’s individual competition. For the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games, Team USA is rolling out a trio of accomplished,

Alysa Liu is the oldest of five children, who were all born to single dad Arthur Liu via surrogacy

The Olympics ice dance scoring controversy has gripped figure skating since Team USA's Madison Chock and Evan bates lost gold to France duo.

The third podium placer heading into the finale, France's Adam Siao Him Fa, also tumbled onto the ice over and over. The French skater even broke open his hand, with it bleeding by the time he took his ultimate pose for the judges.