After the Olympic Lights Faded, Alysa Liu and Ilia Malinin Faced Two Very Different Truths — One Guarding Her Golden Joy, The Other Chasing Redemption From the Ashes of Expectation. In Milan, She Soared; He Stood in the Silence of What Could Have Been. But Behind Closed Doors, Both Stars Made the Same Quiet Decision: This Wasn’t the Ending — It Was the Beginning of a Fiercer, More Personal Comeback. The Medals Are Hung, the Applause Has Faded, Yet Their Real Next Move Might Be the One That Redefines Everything.
After stepping away from competitive skating in 2022, Alysa Liu returned to the ice two years later. She won gold at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, giving…