"The aerial acrobat who once was Alysa Liu is gone. Long gone. Eight years have passed since Liu, of Richmond, burst into the figure skating universe with a show-stopping performance as a 12-year-old jumping phenom at the 2018 U.S. championships in San Jose. Since then, the skating prodigy endured the rollercoaster of adolescence, briefly stepped away from the ice, and has transformed into a polished performer as she heads into her second Olympics with raccoon-striped hair, frenulum piercings on her front teeth,"
""I really don't have any anxiety," she said in a November teleconference. "In order for me to be anxious about something, it would have to mean I'm really counting on it or depending on it." Liu now focuses on artistic performance rather than on achieving specific results. "There's no way to go wrong with that - even with mistakes, art that can still be beautiful, and it's still a story," she said."
Alysa Liu emerged as a 12-year-old jumping phenom and became the youngest skater to land a triple Axel in international competition. She navigated adolescence, briefly stepped away from skating, and returned as a polished performer with a bold personal style. At 20, she heads to her second Olympics as a reigning world and Grand Prix Finale champion and a serious medal contender. Liu no longer lets skating consume her life and reports little anxiety. She emphasizes artistic performance over specific results and believes that even mistakes can be beautiful and part of a story.
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