Richmond’s Alysa Liu lands quadruple lutz in skating competition

Richmond’s Alysa Liu, the 14-year-old U.S. figure skating champion, landed a quadruple lutz — widely considered the hardest jump in figure skating — during her long program at the Aurora Games in Albany, N.Y.

Liu, who trains in Oakland, is among eight skaters competing at the six-sport, all-women sports festival in Albany. She will make her junior international debut at the Junior Grand Prix in nearby Lake Placid next weekend.

Only a handful of women have landed quads in competition. Japan’s Miki Ando was the first in 2002, landing a quad salchow at a Junior Grand Prix. Russia’s Alexandra Trusova became the first woman to land the quad lutz during her free skate at a Junior Grand Prix last year.

Quakes win to break skid

Judson and Chris Wondolowski scored first-half goals and Andre Rios added the clincher in the second half and the host Earthquakes beat the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 to end a four-game winless run.

The three points allowed San Jose (12-10-5) to move into a tie for fifth place with the LA Galaxy in Major League Soccer’s Western Conference. Wondolowski’s goal in the 34th minute was his team-leading 11th.

• In other MLS highlights, host Real Salt Lake scored two goals in extra time to beat Colorado 2-1 after the Rapids had taken the lead on Kei Kamara’s goal in the 89th minute. The victory allowed Salt Lake to tie Seattle for second in the West. ... Kacper Przybylko had a goal and two assists in a dominant first half and the host Philadelphia Union defeated D.C. United 3-1 to move within a point of first-place Atlanta in the East.

• In the English Premier League, Mohamed Salah scored a spectacular goal, his second of the game, to cap Liverpool’s 3-1 win over Arsenal in a...