Alysa Liu lands most difficult combination in women's figure skating competition to post big score, chase gold medal at Olympics originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. She's lighter, happier, freer -- and she's in contention for a figure skating gold medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

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