# @whyy on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DbWSM0kBv-g
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68505020-whyy-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/721a472986.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-07-28T19:25:56.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WHYY (@whyy) — https://gondola.cc/whyy

## Caption

In the last Winter Olympics, Alysa Liu became the first American to win gold in women's figure skating since 2002. 

But just a few years ago, Alysa quit the sport entirely. So how’d she go from officially retired to Olympic gold medalist? Last summer, before her victorious Olympic performance, alysaxliu told David Greene how she was taking figure skating into her own hands and what was different this time around. 

#WinterOlympics #AlysaLiu #FigureSkating #Olympics #SportsinAmerica

## Stats

- **Views:** 6,803
- **Likes:** 467
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- **Comments:** 4

## Tags

figureskating, winterolympics, sportsinamerica, olympics, alysaliu

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