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US Olympic figure skating: Liu gets team competition assignment
1+ week, 4+ day ago (358+ words) Reigning world champion Alysa Liu of Richmond has a chance to win her first Olympic medal after being named to the figure skating team competition that begins early Friday morning ahead of the opening ceremony for the Milano-Cortina Winter Games....
Alysa Liu ready to show off her freewheeling new outlook on Olympic stage
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1316+ words) The aerial acrobat who once was Alysa Liu is gone. Eight years have passed since Liu, of Richmond, burst into the figure skating universe with a show-stopping performance as a 12-year-old jumping phenom at the 2018 U.S. championships in San Jose. Since…...
Minions music saga leaves Winter Olympic figure skaters ‘hoping and praying’
1+ week, 5+ day ago (400+ words) By JAMES ELLINGWORTH, AP Sports Writer As the skating world grapples with a music standoff involving the lovable, mischievous Minions, U.S. champion Amber Glenn is gripped by "this Minions saga." It's a relatable problem for any skater, and Glenn has a…...
Jill On Money: Tax season opens
2+ week, 13+ hour ago (635+ words) Tax season has arrived and after the passage of the2025 tax bill, millions are going to see changes from the previous year. Here's what you need to know before you begin the process: Key dates and filing tips The deadline is…...
California ranks among worst states to retire. Here’s why
3+ week, 17+ hour ago (579+ words) Maureen Spranza marked her retirement with a party in August 2024. By December of 2025, the 60-year-old was back at work, "un-retiring" as rising costs made retirement unaffordable. She now holds three jobs. Moving from celebration to working six days a week…...
Ilia Malinin: The 20-year-old American figure skater redefining the sport
3+ week, 5+ day ago (715+ words) All that Ilia Malinin must do now is deliver on the Olympic stage. The 20-year-old American phenom has waited four long years for the Milan Cortina Games, after he was controversially left off the U.S. team for the Beijing Olympics. It…...
Ice dancer Allison Reed returns to Olympics after 16 years, skating for Lithuania
4+ week, 6+ hour ago (890+ words) From being treated like "cattle" as a young girl to sleeping in her car off a Polish highway, Allison Reed has taken a long, hard road to follow her Olympic ice dance dream. Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Reed has traveled…...
Has figure skating reached the limits of human performance?
1+ mon, 11+ hour ago (983+ words) By DAVE SKRETTA, Associated Press It was at a relatively minor event in upstate New York in September 2022 that Ilia Malinin, the self-anointed "Quad God" who was fast becoming the biggest name in figure skating, finally landed the jump that…...
Richmond’s Liu helps anchor one of the U.S.’s strong Olympic figure skating teams
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (978+ words) ST. LOUIS " Alysa Liu, the 20-year-old reigning women's world champion from Richmond, is returning to the Olympics as a key member of one of the strongest U.S. Figure Skating teams in history. In addition to Liu, the U.S. squad will be anchored…...
Alysa Liu’s second act: Once burned out by skating, world champ from Richmond setting sights on Olympic glory
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (803+ words) ST. LOUIS " It took Richmond's Alysa Liu walking away from figure skating at its highest level to find out who she was. Ultimately, she found her way back again. Once the up-and-coming darling of American figure skating, Liu had surprised…...