"I guess it's a club maybe, but no, I am really honored and they are incredible athletes... I hope that with all this visibility I now have, I hope people don't just look at a headline like, 'Oh, she won a gold.' I hope people really, I don't know, take their time to read my story even though it's not fully out."
""I don't need this [medal]," Liu said later. "But what I needed was the stage and I got that, so I was all good. No matter what happened.""
Alysa Liu returned to figure skating after a two-year hiatus intending to show creativity, artistry and who she is as a person. She helped lead the United States to gold in the team event and then produced a flawless free skate that vaulted her to the top of the leaderboard and earned the Olympic women's title. The 20-year-old celebrated exuberantly on the ice and on the podium and became the first American woman to win the Olympic crown in the event since 2002. Liu said the stage mattered more than the medal and expressed hope that her visibility will inspire others.
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