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Alysa Liu is there. Then she's there. Then she's on your phone. And now she's on your television. Even the songs you're listening to might be the ones she performed at the Winter Olympic Games.
Although she was one of the budding stars heading into Milan, no one, most of all Liu herself, could have imagined what would happen over the past month.
She's a double gold medalist after retiring from figure skating in 2022 after the Beijing Games, and her schedule is as busy as any athlete in the world, with interviews across magazines, broadcast television, and our very own Newsweek.
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So, what's next for the world's most popular Winter Olympian?
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While she opened up in recent interviews about disconnecting from the internet following the Games and hanging out with her friends in the Bay Area, her figure skating season is not officially over.
Although she won the women's individual competition gold medal at the Olympics, another massive event is only a few weeks away in Prague, Czechia.
The Figure Skating World Championships are at the end of March, and Liu is the defending women's champion, having won the competition last year in Boston.
At the TD Garden, Liu upended her Japanese rival Kaori Sakamoto, who also came in second place in Milan. Sakamoto announced she would be retiring from professional figure skating after the most recent Games, moving into a coaching role within her federation.
While the prevailing thought was that Liu would be confirmed to defend her world title in Prague, Liu gave an update on her participation, raising some doubt about her attendance.
“I have maybe World Championships coming up," she said. "I have yet to fully decide if I'm gonna do it, but I really want to.”
It's a stark change from how Liu was after the Beijing Olympics, where she was already ready to quit and had lost her love for the sport.
If Liu doesn't decide to skate, she won't be the only Olympic gold medalist getting rest after a stressful stretch. Men's individual champion Mikhail Shaidorov also bowed out of Worlds to take a well-earned rest.
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