Japan's Kaori Sakamoto fell short of her fourth straight women's figure skating world championship title on Friday when she ...

Japanese figure skater Kaori Sakamoto placed fifth in the short program Wednesday at the world championships in Boston but ...

Richmond’s Liu, 19, dethroned three-time defending champion Kaori Sakamoto after coming out of a two year hiatus.

Following last year’s ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal, Kaori Sakamoto seemed invincible. This season, ...

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 ...

The 19-year-old returned to competing at the beginning of the 2024-25 season, and she capped it off a world champion.

Liu scored a 222.97 to complete her improbable return from retirement with a world championship Friday at TD Garden.