Milan, Feb. 20 -- Reigning world champion Alysa Liu of the United States delivered a commanding free skate to win the women's figure skating title at the Milan-Cortina WinterGames.
Skating to Donna Summer's MacArthur Park Suite, Liu posted a season-best 150.20 points in the free skate and finished with 226.79 overall to take gold on Thursday.
Japan's three-time world champion Kaori Sakamoto showed strong technical quality, landing a triple flip, triple salchow and triple loop.
However, an error on her triple flip-triple toe loop combination proved costly. She scored 147.67 in the free skate and finished with 224.90 overall for silver, according to Xinhua.
"The points I lost on those mistakes were exactly the margin that cost me the gold...