The American figure skater, who walked away from the sport following the 2022 Beijing Games, finished with a career-best score as she secured gold on the ice in Milan.
'It has not been easy'
Liu is the first American woman to win an individual figure skating gold medal since Sarah Hughes in 2002.
Alysa Liu won Olympic gold for the U.S. in women’s figure skating, ending a 24-year drought
Japan took silver and bronze in the event with Kaori Sakamoto taking silver, and Ami Nakai taking bronze. American Amber Glenn came in fourth.
At 16, out of love with the sport, Liu stepped away. Controlling her career, after years of oversight from her father, was the only way she could return.