After a two-year retirement prompted by burnout and fatigue, the American skater found her way back to the ice \u2013 and became the world champion no one saw coming<\/p>\n
Alysa Liu hadn\u2019t even checked her phone. She didn\u2019t know who had called, who had texted or who had screamed at their television when her gold-medal score flashed onto the screen. But she knew exactly who she wanted to call first.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy siblings,\u201d she said, laughing. \u201cThey have no idea that this is happening.\u201d<\/p>\n
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