Former U.S. champion Alysa Liu announces comeback for 2024-25 season: 'I am beyond excited'
Liu, 18, won U.S. titles in 2019 and 2020 before being named to the 2022 Olympic team, finishing sixth. After a bronze at Worlds in 2022 she retired from the sport.
Figure Skating
Alysa Liu is on the comeback trail.
The 18-year-old American figure skater announced on her Instagram Friday (1 March) that she's "back on the ice," with a comeback to competition planned for the 2024-25 season.
"More jumps soon," she wrote after showing off a series of jumps, including a triple Salchow and flip, as well as a double Axel. She said she resumed training in January after having previously retired from the sport in April of 2022.
U.S. Figure Skating confirmed the comeback in a press release, quoting Liu: "It was good for me to take time off from skating, and I am beyond excited to begin skating again with my newly found perspective."
Liu is the youngest-ever U.S. champion, striking gold at age 13 in 2019, breaking a record held by 1998 Olympic champion Tara Lipinski.
She earned her way onto the Beijing 2022 U.S. Olympic team at age 16, placing sixth in the individual event. She would go on to win bronze at the World Championships in Montpellier, her final official competition.
"We are very excited about Alysa’s return," said Justin Dillon, USFS Senior Director of Athlete High Performance. “We look forward to supporting Alysa in her career as she seeks to build on the success she has already achieved in recent seasons.”