American Alysa Liu triumphed over a trio of Japanese skaters to take gold in the women’s singles competition on Thursday at the Milano Cortina Olympics, with Kaori Sakamoto taking silver in her final Olympic skate.

Ami Nakai earned bronze, while Mone Chiba finished fourth.

Liu was energized by the huge contingent of American fans in the stands and put together a nearly perfect program to the tune of “MacArthur Park Suite” by Donna Summer. The audience erupted as she finished her routine and again as her free skate score of 150.20 flashed on the scoreboard, giving her a total of 226.79.

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