U.S. figure skater Alysa Liu posted a personal best to lead the field at the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships. If Liu's lead holds, she'll be the first U.S. woman to win the title since 2006.

In her first figure skating career, the one she ended with a retirement three years ago at age 16, Alysa Liu won national titles, made history as the youngest this and the youngest that, did landmark jumps for a U.

Team USA's Alysa Liu was nearly flawless in her short program to take the lead. Isabeau Levito and Amber Glenn also qualified for the long program.