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American Alysa Liu wins gold at figure skating worlds

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Hartford Courant |
It’s hard to imagine a better world championships for the American figure skating team, which captured gold in three of the four disciplines over the weekend for the first time in its history, and wi...
The Boston Globe |
When Alysa Liu announced last spring she was coming out of retirement to return to figure skating, many didn’t know what to expect.

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