{"id":146413,"date":"2026-02-20T16:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/alysa-liu-comes-back-from-retirement-and-wins-olympic-gold\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T17:10:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T22:10:57","slug":"alysa-liu-comes-back-from-retirement-and-wins-olympic-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/en\/alysa-liu-comes-back-from-retirement-and-wins-olympic-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Alysa Liu comes back from retirement and wins Olympic gold"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. figure skater Alysa Liu (226.79) finally took the women’s individual figure skating gold at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Games<\/a>, in a podium completed by Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto (224.90) and Ami Nakai (219.16).<\/p>\n

The now 20-year-old U.S. skating wunderkind, who retired in 2022 due to pressure and decided to return to compete on her own terms in 2024, nailed the free program, with three of her seven jumps coming in the second half of the exercise.<\/p>\n

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Shines and signs historic performance<\/h2>\n
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PHOTO: Instagram of Alysa Liu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alysa Liu, reigning world champion, couldn’t hide her smile even while skating.<\/p>\n

She earned her best score of the season in the free program (150.20) and lifetime best overall (226.79) to take the gold medal.<\/p>\n

Silver went to Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto (224.90).<\/p>\n

It was her last time skating at the international level and the emotions overwhelmed her, for better and for worse.<\/p>\n

He only did two combinations, when the requirement in the free program is to do three, because he missed a triple flip that he should have linked with a triple toe loop.<\/p>\n

Even so, her brilliant execution of the choreographic elements and her very high score in artistic components (74.84), in addition to the slight advantage she had from the short exercise, allowed her to take second place, improving on the bronze she won in Beijing 2022.<\/p>\n

Nakai completes podium and closes skating<\/h2>\n
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A post shared by \u5218\u7f8e\u8d24 Alysa Liu (@alysaxliu).<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n