Alysa Liu returned to Oakland as a two-time Olympic champion after her historic performance at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. Around 5,000 fans gathered to celebrate the hometown star.

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Olympic gold medalist Karen Chen will be featured at a hands-on figure skating clinic in Medford this coming Saturday. The ...

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Ice arenas and artificial snow now dominate the winter Olympics. Athletes there — and everywhere — may need to adjust how they train and perform.

USAT's Jordan Mendoza breaks down Ilia Malinin's last free skate, and what Malinin himself said about the pressure on him. The figure skaters at the Winter Olympics make it look easy; sheer elegance ...

The figure skaters at the Winter Olympics make it look easy; sheer elegance on hard ice. But elite skaters also fight injuries, much like the rest of us who work out, go to the gym or swim to stay fit ...

When Alysa Liu realized she had won the women’s figure skating final, she ran to one of the Japanese skaters she just outperformed. She and Ami Nakai, who was in the lead heading into Thursday’s ...