Alyssa Liu surged from third place at the start of the day to win Olympic women’s singles figure skating gold at the Milan-Cortina Games on Thursday. She beat Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto for the silver medal, while 17-year-old Ami Nakai won the bronze medal after the free skate final at the Milan Skating Rink.
Liu Wen set a career-best score in the free skate, and her total score of 226.79 was also a lifetime best. After helping the U.S. team win the championship, she won her second gold medal in Milan.
The 20-year-old helped the U.S. return to the women’s podium at the Olympics for the first time since Sarah Hughes won gold at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games.
Prior to this, the United States defeated Canada 2-1 in overtime to win the women’s ice hockey gold medal. Megan Keller scored the winning goal to defeat the defending champions in instant classic fashion.
Team USA Medalists – 2026 Winter Olympics (Milan Cortina)
gold
Alpine Skiing – Women’s Downhill: Breezy Johnson
Freestyle Skiing – Girl Mogul: Elizabeth Lemley
Speed ​​Skating – Men’s 1000m: Jordan Stolz
Speed ​​Skating – Men’s 500m: Jordan Stolz
Alpine Skiing – Women’s Slalom: Mikaela Shiffrin
silver
Figure Skating – Team: Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu, Ilia Malinin, Madison Chock, Evan Bates, Ellie Kam, Danny O’Shea
Cross Country – Men’s Classic Final: Ben Ogden
Freestyle Skiing – Men’s Slopestyle: Alex Hall
Curling – Mixed Doubles: Korey Dropkin, Cory Thiesse
Alpine Skiing – Men’s Super-G: Ryan Cochran-Siegle
Freestyle Skiing – Girl Mogul: Jaelin Kauf
Figure Skating – Ice Dance: Madison Chock, Evan Bates
Snowboarding – Women’s Halfpipe: Chloe Kim
Big Two – Women: Jaelin Kauf
Unicorn: Elana Meyers Taylor
Speed ​​Skating – Men’s Team Pursuit: Ethan Cepuran, Casey Dawson, Emery Lehman, Conor McDermott-Mostowy, Jordan Stolz
Freestyle Skiing – Men’s Big Air: Mac Forehand
Cross-Country Skiing – Men’s Team Sprint: Ben Ogden, Gus Schumacher
bronze
Alpine Skiing – Women’s Team Mixed: Paula Moltzan, Jacqueline Wiles
Luge – Women’s Singles: Ashley Farquharson
Cross Country Skiing – Women’s 10km Freestyle: Jessie Diggins
Double Tycoon – Female: Elizabeth Lemley
Monobob: Kelly Humphries-Armbruster
(With inputs from The Associated Press)
