Overview

• Alysa Liu scored 74.58 in the short program, securing first place at the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships one year after returning from a two-year retirement.
• Her routine featured a triple flip-triple toe combination, double Axel, and triple Lutz, showcasing technical precision and artistic maturity.
• Mone Chiba of Japan and Isabeau Levito of the U.S. are in second and third place, with scores of 73.44 and 73.33, respectively.
• Reigning U.S. champion Amber Glenn is in ninth after falling on her triple Axel, while three-time world champion Kaori Sakamoto is in fifth after an error on her triple flip.
• The women's free skate on March 28 will determine the medalists and the U.S. team's Olympic berths for the 2026 Winter Games in Milano Cortina.