BOSTON — It was once prophesied how Alysa Liu would return glory to U.S. women’s figure skating. At 13 years old, she became the youngest woman to win the U.S. championships, back in 2019. A prodigy was born. The bubbly girl from Oakland, Calif., with talent larger than her frame and a smile warm enough…
BOSTON — Misha Mitrofanov broke his embrace of Alisa Efimova and spun her around. Let her see the crowd’s reaction to the moment she was feeling. She covered her mouth with both hands beneath widened, welling eyes as the crowd at TD Garden showered them with an ovation. Their performance Thursday at the figure skating…
BOSTON — Imagine how many times Doug and Christine Lane must have beamed with pride over the years as they watched their son Spencer slowly and steadily transform himself from an unsteady toddler to a talented teenaged figure skater. That’s what parents do, right? In good times and bad, they’re first in line with the…
NORWOOD, Mass. — It was impossible not to notice the clean, shiny sheet of ice upon stepping inside The Skating Club of Boston on Thursday morning. It was practically beckoning young skaters to get out there and put their magnificent talents on display; instead, the ice remained unused throughout the morning and into the afternoon,…