The Americans had arguably the best world championships in their long and distinguished figure skating history, and now they are pointing toward next season and the Olympics.

Bay Area figure skater Alysa Liu snapped a 19-year drought for the United States on Friday after she became the first American women’s figure skating world champion since 2006. Liu finished with a score of 222.

It's hard to imagine a better world championships for the American figure skating team, which captured gold in three of the four disciplines over the weekend for the