Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu made an epic comeback to Team USA figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics, just shy of four years after she temporarily retired from the sport. Alysa has been skating for most of her life, having first stepped onto the ice at age 5 at the encouragement of her father, Arthur Liu. She proved to be a prodigy in the sport, becoming the youngest-ever U.S. Figure Skating champion at just 13 years old. However, Alysa's figure skating career was seemingly cut short when she retired at age 16 after representing Team USA at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.