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The Girl Who Came Back — and Won Everything: Alysa Liu is the inspiring Olympic Champion we've all been cheering for! Let's just take a second, because Alysa Liu just did something that hadn't happened in 24 years. On February 19, 2026, the 20-year-old from Oakland, California skated out onto the ice at the Milano Ice Skating Arena in a sequined gold dress — dark hair streaked with horizontal blonde highlights that honestly look like something out of a fashion editorial — and became the first American woman to win Olympic gold in figure skating since Sarah Hughes in 2002. And she did it by coming in third after the short program. No big deal. But here's what you already know if you're a fan: nothing rattles Alysa Liu. She's been called figure skating's unbothered queen , and she lives up to it. She says she doesn't feel pressure — she invites it all in. "I was at peak happiness when I was out there on the ice," she said after ...