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16-Year-Old Olympic Figure Skater Alysa Liu Announces Early Retirement: ‘I’m So Happy’

by admin | Apr 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu is ready to give up her skates! Liu announced her early retirement from the sport in an Instagram post on Saturday that featured a photo gallery of moments from throughout her career. “I’m here to announce that I am retiring...

March 14 – 20, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights

by admin | Mar 20, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights

👍 This week our highlight goes to Mikaela Shiffrin who won the World Cup title this week. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to Chinese government who spied on US figure skater Alysa Liu and her father.

U.S. Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu, father targeted in Chinese spy case

by admin | Mar 17, 2022 | Representation, SEW

U.S. Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu and her father, Arthur Liu — a former political refugee — were among those targeted in a spying operation that the Justice Department alleges was ordered by the Chinese government, the elder Liu said late Wednesday....

U.S. women figure skaters struggle to break into Olympic medal contention, with three advancing to free skate

by admin | Feb 16, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Three U.S. women advanced to the free skate but struggled to break into medal contention in an event that has been overshadowed by the latest Russian doping scandal. The dominant Russians had three of the top four spots, and Alysa Liu was the only American breaking...

Keeping promise to herself, figure skater Karen Chen looks for an Olympic redo

by admin | Jan 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Karen Chen left the 2018 Winter Olympics so disappointed over the subpar performances that left her in 11th place that she immediately vowed to try again. “When I got off the ice, I remember telling myself, `You’ve got to go for another four years. This was not your...

Who makes the U.S. Olympic women’s figure skating team?

by admin | Nov 29, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Figure skating’s autumn season climaxes next week with the Grand Prix Final, but it will not include any U.S. women’s singles skaters. The next major senior competition for the top Americans will be the national championships in six weeks. After that, the three-woman...

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