Overview
- The 20-year-old from Oakland contributed to Team USA’s second consecutive team short-program victory, earning her first Olympic medal.
- Liu returned to competition after a teenage retirement and emphasizes choosing her programs, training looks, and costume designs.
- Her distinctive presentation includes a smiley piercing and bleached “halo” hair stripes that she has added annually since 2023.
- She told reporters in Milan that she is simply having fun at these Games.
- With the women’s short program scheduled for Feb. 17, some skaters are moving out of the athletes’ village to focus on training and rest.