[theqoo] THE FIRST AMERICAN FEMALE FIGURE SKATER WHO WON GOLD AT THE OLYMPICS IN 24 YEARS

A COMEBACK FOR THE AGES. 🥇🇺🇸

Alysa Liu wins Olympic gold, becoming the first U.S. women’s figure skating champion since 2002.#WinterOlympics pic.twitter.com/K2YF9LWyj6
— Team USA (@TeamUSA) February 19, 2026

ALYSA LIU WINS GOLD AFTER A PERFORMANCE TO REMEMBER 🥇

She's the first member of Team USA to win gold in the women's figure skating singles since 2002 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/U4922Pujlh
— ESPN (@espn) February 19, 2026

Alysa Liu refused to skate for the CCP after they persecuted her father

She is now a Gold Medalist for Team USA pic.twitter.com/0QOK57xRmG
— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) February 19, 2026

Alysa Liu's father is a Chinese national who fled to the United States after being persecuted in China following the Tiananmen Square protests.

China attempted to recruit her to China during the Beijing Olympics, but Alysa refused.

Your Olympic women’s medalists
🥇 Alysa Liu 🇺🇸 150.20 / 226.79
🥈Kaori Sakamoto 🇯🇵 147.67 / 224.90
🥉Ami Nakai 🇯🇵 140.45 / 219.16#FigureSkating #WinterOlympics #Olympics #MilanoCortina2026 pic.twitter.com/L26eUSTS2K
— Golden Skate (@goldenskate) February 20, 2026

Gold: Alysa Liu (USA)

Silver: Kaori Sakamoto (Japan)

Bronze: Ami Nakai (Japan)

despite of it all, girlhood runs the world pic.twitter.com/zzirC0pXPn
— yelle (@cuddlediary) February 19, 2026

100% Alysa. 100% gold. 🥇#WinterOlympics pic.twitter.com/0glyo6mKQm
— Team USA (@TeamUSA) February 19, 2026

THIS IS THE BEST PHOTO pic.twitter.com/9tnagh2plc
— Jen (@zhonnika) February 19, 2026

Alysa Liu, 20 (born August 8, 2005)

Her father fled to the US during the Tiananmen Square massacre, and her mother is American, making her of mixed Chinese and American descent.

What's remarkable about Alysa is that she retired from figure skating at 16, went on to study at the prestigious UCLA, and then returned to the sport, winning a gold medal.

She was already a rising star in the US, but winning an Olympic gold medal transformed her into a star!

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1. Her hair is so cute and her smile is cute too

2. Her courage is crazy. I've never seen anyone enjoy the Olympics like that.

3. Her hair is too cute ㅋㅋㅋ

4. Wow her hair is quite unique ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

5. She's cute and her expressions are so bright

6. ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ She's quite cute

7. She's so lovely

8. Her hair is so unique but it suits her ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

9. Her energy is so good, I'm thankful the Japanese girls supported her ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

10. I find Liu so likable because she always mentions Yeonneu as figure skaters she respectsㅋㅋㅋ