Boston, March 29, 2025 (AFP) - Resurgent Liu wins women's figure skating world title

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2025-03-29
Alysa Liu won the women's figure skating world title on Friday, delivering a dazzling free skate to edge three-time defending champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan. Liu, who walked away from the sport in 2022 at the age of 16 and returned just a year ago, defied the pressure Sakamoto piled on with a brilliant free skate of her own and became the first US woman to win the world title since Kimmie Meissner in 2006. "This is an insane story," Liu, still......
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