00:05It had been 24 years since an American woman had won an individual Olympic gold in figure skating
00:10entering Thursday's free skate. Dear viewers, please like this news, share your comments and
00:16don't forget to subscribe to World News for daily global updates. Thursday night, with the eyes of
00:22the world watching, Alyssa Liu, the 20-year-old with bleached tree-ringed hair from California
00:27just two years removed from unretirement, made the impossible look effortless with a flawless
00:32performance that combined her signature artistry with perfectly executed jumps. Skating to Donna
00:37Summers, MacArthur Park Suite, the same program with which she won the world championship title last
00:43March, Liu landed her triple flip to open her skate, followed by her triple Lutz triple toe loop
00:48combination, and almost immediately had the crowd clapping along to the disco beat. As she skated
00:54off the ice, Liu turned to the camera and exclaimed, that's what I'm FNG talking about.
00:59She jumped up and down after she left the ice in celebration with her coaches Phillip D.
01:05Guillermo and Massimo Scully, and she was elated when her score of 150.20, shuttling her previous
01:14season's best was announced. Her total score of 26.79 immediately gave her the lead, and with just
01:25Nakai and Sakamoto reminding, she was granted a medal. But despite the stakes, she sat in the ringside seat
01:36reserved for the leader and clipped and cheered on her two competitors as they skated.
01:43She later told reporters whatever happened was just a bonus. She had already had the opportunity
01:50to showcase her art and creativity to the world. I don't need this medal, Liu said. But what I need
01:59was the stakes, and I got there, so I was all good. No matter what happened. When Nakai's scores were
02:07announced, Liu's teammate Amber again jumped up next to her and diced her hand in celebration as if to
02:15pronounce the new champion. Liu then went to hug everyone in the vicinity, including Sakamoto,
02:24who earned the silver and Nakai, who claimed the bronze. Thursday outcome would hardly be surprising for
02:32anyone who followed Liu's early days in sport. Liu became the youngest woman in United States history
02:40to win the national championship as 13 years old in 2019. She won it again the following year and
02:49an Olympic but came as a 16-year-old 2022. But following a sixth-place finish at the Beijing game
02:59and a
03:00third-place result at the World Championships soon after, Liu announced via Instagram she would be
03:07retiring from the sport sighting burnout. For the next two years, she lived the life of a teenager hanging
03:16out with friends, taking vacations and enrolling at UCLA. Eventually, the ice led her back after a family
03:27skate trip reminded her the style she felt skating. She found herself at a public skating season. It did not
03:37take long before she decided to officially make a comeback. She had the villainy mo and Kelly. Two of
03:46her former coats, who were initially offensive few, had managed to come back after such a lengthy
03:54essence and they told her as much. Liu was persistent and this time she insisted every decision would come
04:04from her. She would have the last say in everything from the music in her programs to her constants to
04:13when and how long she trained. She wanted her ideas and her creativity to be reflected in everything she said.
04:23Last season, her first back, she won the title, the World Championship.
04:30Her team knew she had the potential and the programs to win, but it was not their priority for Liu.
04:38She just wanted to show her art at big stage. That same laid back attitude visited going into 2025-26.
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