{
  "id": 3457082,
  "title": "Olympic champion Alysa Liu to sit out 2026-27 figure skating season",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/olympic-champion-alysa-liu-to-sit-out-2026-27-figure-skating-season",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-26T07:33:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/olympic-champion-alysa-liu-sit-073339589.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Olympic champion Alysa Liu announced on Instagram that she will take a break from figure skating during the 2026-27 season. In her post, she expressed her desire for her sport to reflect her personal growth, stating, \"I always want to challenge myself in new ways, so my artistry & skating can evolve.\"\n\nThe 21-year-old athlete from the United States wowed the world at the Milan/Cortina Olympics in February when she won gold in the women's singles free skating event, captivating the audience with her performance to Donna Summer's MacArthur Park Suite.\n\nLiu plans to continue training and fine-tune her skills during her hiatus, focusing on her overall artistry, spins, jumps, and more. This is not Liu's first break in her career; at the age of 16 in 2022, she retired from figure skating, later returning in the 2024-25 season.",
  "summary": "Olympic champion Alysa Liu will sit out the 2026-27 figure skating season, she said on Instagram on Monday evening. \"While people are announcing programs, imma (sic) take this time to announce that I will not be competing this season,\" Liu wrote.",
  "key_points": [],
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Alysa Liu Skipping Upcoming Figure Skating Season, Plans to ‘Fine-Tune’ Her ‘Artistry’ and Skills",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/alysa-liu-skipping-upcoming-figure-skating-season-plans-to-fine-tune",
        "published": "2026-08-26T04:23:23.000Z"
      }
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}