Fremont’s Alysa Liu delivers the US its first women’s figure skating world championship in nearly 2 decades

By DAVE SKRETTA

BOSTON (AP) — Alysa Liu skated around the ice in disbelief, her golden dress shimmering in the lights of TD Garden, and the appreciative roar from a sellout crowd reminded her why she had returned to the sport following a nearly two-year retirement.

When her score was finally read, the 19-year-old who grew up in Fremont had made history.

Liu became the first American women’s figure skating world champion in nearly two decades, dethroning three-time defending...