On April 10, Beijing time, Alyssa Liu (Liu Meixian), a sister of American figure skating, suddenly chose to retire at the age of 16. The Chinese-American finished 7th at this year's Winter Olympics and won the bronze medal at the World Championships. Alyssa Liu said she was very satisfied with her 11-year skating career.
Alyssa studied in China for 3 years before studying figure skating at the Auckland School of the Arts. In both the 2019 and 2020 U.S. Championships, Alyssa won the U.S. Championship, becoming the youngest U.S. women's national champion ever, when she became a sister in the United States, she was only 13 years old.
This year is Alyssa's explosive year, in the Winter Olympics, she won the 7th place with 69.50 points in the short program, 139.45 points in the free skating, and a total score of 208.95 points. In the subsequent World Championships, Alyssa won the medal for the first time in the competition with 71.91 points in the short program, 139.28 points in the free skating, and a total score of 211.19 points in the absence of the matryoshka dolls.
In fact, Alyssa only entered the adult group in the 21-22 season, and also won 3 championships, counting the youth competitions, and has won 11 championships in various competitions, which is undoubtedly the existence of the American figure skating sister.
This time, at the age of 16, Alyssa chose to retire. She said she began learning to skate at the age of 5 and has been on ice for 11 years. Alyssa is very satisfied with her skating career and has learned a lot about it. In the future, Alyssa said she will spend more time with family and friends. For figure skating women's singles athletes, the peak period is actually not long, and the retirement at the age of 16 is very sudden, but it is not a new thing.