Liu, 20, earned the first individual Olympic medal for an American woman since Sasha Cohen’s silver in 2006 — the first gold medal winner since Sarah Hughes in 2002. And she did so with a smile, marking a triumph and return to glory for American women’s skating.

NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland takes a look back at Newsday's coverage of the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics. Credit: Newsday

The U.S. Olympic team won its record-breaking 11th gold medal of the Winter Olympics on Saturday when the trio of Kaila Kuhn, Connor Curran and Chris Lillis took the title in mixed aerials.

When the 2026 Winter OIympics in Italy begin, the United States will look to beat its best single Games mark of 10 gold medals, which was set in 2002.

Winter Olympics was a huge day for the United States. Alysa Liu became the first American to win gold in women's singles ice skating since Sarah Hughes in 2002 after an electric free skate vaulted her into the lead.

By Aadi Nair CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Yannick Schwaller was just six years old when his father Christof and his uncle Andreas guided Switzerland to a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

Mikaela Shiffrin ended her Winter Olympics medal drought on Day 12 of the Milan Cortina Games, winning gold in the Alpine skiing slalom. The American star set herself up with a strong first run and finished the job in the second run,

Top-ranked Canada beat the United States for the bronze medal in women’s curling at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Saturday after being upset by Sweden in the semifinals. Rachel Homan’s team won 10-7 to deny the American women their first medal in the event.