"The 20-year-old from Clovis, California, who vanished from the sport nearly four years ago uncertain if she'd ever return, delivered a career-best long program to overtake Japanese rivals Kaori Sakamoto and Ami Nakai. Skating in a shimmering gold dress to Donna Summer's MacArthur Park Suite, Liu cleanly landed all seven of her triple jumps, including three in combination, and drew a standing ovation before finishing with 226.79 points overall."
"Sakamoto finished with 224.90 points over both segments to take silver, her lone mistakes coming on her triple flip, double axel combi and triple loop. The 17-year-old Nakai, the youngest skater of the 29 entrants who came in first after the short program, made several errors in the second half of her program to finish ninth in the free skate and slip to bronze with an overall score of 219.16."
Alysa Liu completed a comeback by winning the Olympic women's figure skating gold medal for the United States, the first American individual women's Olympic gold in the sport since 2002. The 20-year-old from Clovis, California delivered a career-best long program and cleanly landed all seven of her triple jumps, including three in combination. Liu skated in a shimmering gold dress to Donna Summer's MacArthur Park Suite, drew a standing ovation and finished with 226.79 points overall. Kaori Sakamoto took silver with 224.90 points, while 17-year-old Ami Nakai slipped to bronze with 219.16 after errors in the free skate. Liu was hugged by coaches Phillip DiGuglielmo and Massimo Scali after the result. Japan's Mone Chiba finished fourth, and three-time U.S. champion Amber Glenn ended with a rewarding long program after a disappointing short.
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