In the hour before Alysa Liu would become the first American woman in nearly a quarter of a century to win an individual Olympic figure skating gold medal, she skipped around the warmup area deep below the Milano Ice Skating Arena taking selfies.

Alysa Liu won Olympic gold in women’s singles, the first gold medal for Team USA in the event since 2002.

Triple world champion Kaori Sakamoto secured silver with 224.90, ahead of Japanese teammate Ami Nakai, who claimed bronze with 219.16.