Finally, Alysa Liu is in charge of the direction her life is taking. Not just in figure skating, to which the erstwhile prodigy returned, two years after announcing her retirement in April 2022, to win six of her first 12 events, including the 2025 world championships last March and the ’25 Grand Prix Final in December. Not just in her programs, where she has taken on a greater role in selecting her costumes, her choreography and her music. And not even just in her off-ice future, where she is studying psychology at UCLA.
No, literally: At 20, Liu now has a driver’s license.
