SAN FRANCISCO —

Whoever said quitters never win, never met Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu.

Liu quit figure skating after the 2022 Winter Olympics. At age 16, she was burned out and wanted to be a normal teenager.

"I was done a year before I quit. I knew I wanted to be done way before I actually announced my retirement," Liu said.

For two years, Liu embraced life as a teenager, making up for lost time she'd spent on the ice. She got a driver's license, drove her four siblings to school, stayed up late and hung out with friends. She traveled for fun instead of competitions and even hiked in the Himalayas.

She enrolled at UCLA and even took up skiing, a sport she'd never had time to try as an elite figure skater.

She loved the feel of the cold air on her face when she skied. It remi

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