MILAN (AP) — On a night of American comebacks at the Milan Cortina Games, Alysa Liu delivered the U.S. its first women’s figure skating Olympic gold medal in 24 years. The 20-year-old Liu performed a near-flawless free skate Thursday to upstage Japanese rivals Kaori Sakamoto and Ami Nakai.

Hilary Knight graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall and played for the Connecticut Polar Bears junior team.

Megan Keller deked a defender and slid in a game-winning goal in overtime to lead Team USA past Canada in Thursday's Winter Olympics gold medal game.

This was the seventh gold medal match — and fifth in a row — between the two hockey powerhouses.

Team USA and Canada have clashed in six of the seven Olympic gold-medal matches since women's hockey made its Olympic debut in 1998.

Team USA won the women’s hockey gold medal in an absolute thriller today in Milan, beating the Canadian club 2-1 in overtime after rallying to tie the game with about two minutes left. Megan Keller scored the golden goal at 4:07 in the 3-on-3 OT frame to secure the favored Americans’ third Olympic championship.

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The US women's hockey team beat Canada in epic fashion. Watch the winning goal in OT of the goal medal game.