Alysa Liu Wins Historic Individual Figure Skating Olympic Gold

Alysa Liu won the individual figure skating gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, marking the first such victory for a woman from the USA since Sarah Hughes in 2002.The 20-year-old athlete achieved a total score of 226.79 to defeat Kaori Sakamoto and Ami Nakai following her return to competition in 2024 after a brief retirement.Other Olympic highlights included a gold medal for the USA women's ice hockey team and a first skiing gold for Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, while speed skater Jordan Stolz earned silver.In unrelated news, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared in court in Los Angeles while Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested at the Sandringham Estate in the United Kingdom.