Alysa Liu became the first American women's figure skating world champion in nearly two decades Friday night, dethroning three-time defending champion Kaori Sakamoto with a brilliant free skate that earned her a standing ovation inside TD Garden.

U.S. figure skater Alysa Liu led after the short program on the opening night of the world championships on Wednesday.

Amber Glenn has become the first American to win the women’s Grand Prix Final competition since Alissa Czisny 14 years ago.

Amber Glenn of the United States has continued her breakout season in figure skating by taking the lead in the short program at the Grand Prix Final as world champion Kaori Sakamoto fell.

The U.S. had a golden finale to the Grand Prix Final on Saturday in Beijing.

Kaori Sakamoto has fended off a challenge from South Korea’s Lee Hae-in to become the first Japanese woman to defend her title at the figure skating world championships.

Shoma Uno has won gold at the Grand Prix Final by holding off Japanese countryman Sota Yamamoto.

Olympic ice dance champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron shattered their own rhythm dance world record on Friday to take the lead over two American teams at the world championships in Montpellier, France.

The quadruple jumps that sent Russian world champ Anna Shcherbakova to the gold medal and teammate Alexandra Trusova to the silver could be a thing of the past by the 2026 Games.

Anna Shcherbakova, Aleksandra Trusova and Kamila Valieva has 10 quadruple jumps planned between them.

Anna Shcherbakova won a stunning gold medal in women’s figure skating at the Beijing Games while Russian teammate Kamila Valieva tumbled all the way out of the medals after a mistake-filled end to her controversial Olympics.

Kamila Valieva, the ROC skater who tested positive for Trimetazidine on Dec. 25, leads the event by almost two points.

The team competition in Olympic figure skating has been dominated over the years by the Russians, the Canadians and the Americans.