- Alysa Liu has returned home to San Francisco after the Winter Olympics in Milan!
- The gold medalist figure skater was greeted to applause and cheers from people at the airport.
- Alysa won Team USA’s first Olympic gold in women’s figure skating in over two decades.
How many times have you watched Alysa Liu’s gold medal–winning free skate at the Winter Olympics in Milan? The limit does not exist! Alysa just won Team USA’s first Olympic gold in women’s figure skating in 24 years and flew home to San Francisco from Milan to a huge welcome.
Videos from the airport show Alysa walking off her flight to cheers from fellow passengers yelling out “congratulations” and “welcome home!”
Alysa spoke to Cosmo Sports back in January about returning to skating after initially retiring, saying, “I went through a whole year of school, and during winter break, I went skiing and I realized school was hard, but it was not challenging enough for me. I got into other things, like fashion, but I never went to the gym. Skating gave me something to be strong for. I love having willpower. I used to never care about programs, what you skated to, your dresses, stuff like that. Now, I love skating dresses and helping with the design process. This sport is kind of an outlet for me. I love dance and music, so it’s everything in one.”
She added, “Skating is a sport, but first and foremost, it’s an art form. And in order to produce the best art and have it connect with fans, you have to know yourself. I express myself in other ways, but this is one of the more public ways fans really connect to. I had almost no autonomy when I was a kid. But I was a kid, so it makes sense. I didn’t know what I wanted. It was a little bit of an irregular experience, but it was an experience that I really learned from, and I gained so much insight. I’m really glad that I’ve been through it all.”
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