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Alysa Liu retired from figure skating, but she's back to go for Winter Olympics gold medal for Team USA Alysa Liu hasn't missed an Olympic cycle. But since the 2022 Games in Beijing, the Team USA figure skating star has traveled quite the career journey.
When the first figure skater enters their starting pose in the final half of the women’s single skating event Thursday night, American Alysia Liu will be best positioned to bring home a medal for the United States.
Liu's coach brought the energy.
Liu retired from the sport in 2022, which was bookmarked by a bronze-medal outing at the World Figure Skating Championships in Montpellier. She eventually returned after a two-year break, winning Gold at the 2025 World Championships in Boston. Related: Slo-Mo Video of U.S. Figure Skater Alysa Liu’s Olympic Triple Flip Draws Attention
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The 20-year-old Liu scored 76.59 points for an impeccable short program on Tuesday night, leaving her just over two points behind the leader.
Alysa Liu, Amber Glenn and Isabeau Levito are Team USA’s last shot at taking home another figure skating medal. They take the ice Thursday for the free skate.
Team USA figure skating star Alysa Liu is front and center during the 2026 Winter Olympics, and fans are quick to notice that when she smiles, she has a unique set of teeth.
U.S. downhill skier Mikaela Shiffrin won gold in slalom on Wednesday. Meanwhile, figure skater Alysa Liu is in third going into finals. CBS News' Kelly O'Grady has the latest.
These women are Alysa Liu, Amber Glenn, and Isabeau Levito. If any of them reach the podium, it will mark the first time a Team USA woman has won a Winter Olympics individual figure skating medal since 2006. Liu and Glenn have already won gold medals as part of the Figure Skating Team Event, along with men's figure skater Ilia Malinin.
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