Olympic figure skating star Alysa Liu issues plea for privacy after being chased to her car
· Yahoo Sports
Team USA gold medalist Alysa Liu has issued a warning to fans about her privacy after a scary incident.
The Olympian, 20, posted Thursday on her Instagram Story describing an encounter with fans at the airport that took a harrowing turn.
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“So I land at the airport, & there’s a crowd waiting at the exit with cameras & things for me to sign,” she wrote in the since-expired post. “All up in my personal space.”
“Someone chased me to my car bruh. Please do not do that to me,” Liu added alongside a crying emoji.
The figure skater competed and finished sixth in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, announcing her retirement from the sport months later at just 16 years old. She then made the decision to return and do things her own way in June 2024, leading to her two Olympic golds at this year’s games; one for the team event and another for the individual competition.
‘Please do not do that to me,’ Alysa Liu urged fans in a since-expired Instagram Story (Getty Images)Olympic gold medalist Liu asked fans to respect her privacy after she revealed she was chased to her car at the airport (Getty)At this year’s games, Liu landed in third place after receiving a score of 76.59 in the short program of the individual competition, behind Ami Nakai (78.71) and Kaori Sakamoto (77.23), both from Japan. However, she bumped her way up to the gold after she set a season’s best of 150.20 points — nearly four points clear of her previous top score — as she performed her free skate to Donna Summer’s “MacArthur Park.”
Following the Olympian’s successful comeback, many other athletes have spoken out about how they view her story as an “inspiration.”
Tennis players Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff both spoke about Liu earlier this week ahead of Tuesday’s Indian Wells tournament.
“I think overall what happened in figure skating was super interesting, from a psychological point of view,” Swiatek told reporters ahead of the tournament. “I saw Liu winning when actually she had some troubles, like before she was burned out and she had to stop, and now she seems like everything she does, she does to have fun and to really show her amazing skills in a way that makes her happy.”
She added: “I haven't spoken to her ... but it's really inspiring. I'll remember it for a long time.”
Gauff agreed, explaining that she related to Liu’s feeling of burnout as she was a 15-year-old qualifier at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships.
“I think her whole story was super inspiring, and I could highly relate as someone who was very young put into a sport,” the tennis player said.