Richmond’s Liu helps anchor one of the U.S.’s strong Olympic figure skating teams

ST. LOUIS — Alysa Liu, the 20-year-old reigning women’s world champion from Richmond, is returning to the Olympics as a key member of one of the strongest U.S. Figure Skating teams in history.

In addition to Liu, the U.S. squad will be anchored by reigning men’s world champion Ilia Malinin, U.S. women’s national champ Amber Glenn and the ice dance duo of Madison Chock and Evan Bates when they head to Italy for the Milan Cortina Olympics in less than a month.

Alysa Liu competes during...