Alysa Liu's incredible comeback story has led her to the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina, Italy, after previously retiring from competitive figure skating. Liu made history as the youngest-ever U.S. Figure Skating champion at just 13 years old and represented Team USA in Beijing at the 2022 Winter Olympics when she was 16. That same year, Liu stunned the sports world by announcing her retirement from figure skating. "I'm here to announce that I am retiring from skating," she wrote via Instagram in April 2022.