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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][twitter] Op[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][twitter][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Alysa Liu could sell the rights to her biopic to Netflix for 50 million

I think her and amber have inspired a new generation of skaters.

There’s def going to be a mega spike in kids participating in skating

I don’t remember skaters being so inspirational and cool in decades. [/quote]

Her biopic? The circumstances of her birth were a little odd, but other than that, it's mostly just the same as many other figure skaters or niche athletes--lots of tiger parenting from an affluent parent.[/quote]

NP. You clearly don’t know her story. After the last Olympics, and the subsequent Worlds (where she earned bronze), she quit the sport. She took a two-year break. Then she decided she wanted to skate, train and compete again, on her own terms, for fun and with no pressure. Before, she could do a triple Axel. She didn’t get that back, but she gained consistency and joy of skating. It’s unheard of that she returned and within a year, won the World Championship. Then went on to win the Olympics. [/quote]

Lol[/quote]

What a well-supported, well-articulated response.

Even casual watchers of this year’s women’s skating events would have picked up on the improbability of a comeback leading to this level of success. Jonny, Tara and Terry talked about it in their commentary. Ask Rachel Flatt, Gracie Gold, Elaine Zayak and the Shibutanis how their comebacks after a long break went.

The Canadian pair skater Deanna Stellato-Dudek (American by birth) has a phenomenal comeback story, including World’s gold, but unfortunately a recent injury threw the pair off and they didn’t medal at the Olympics. [/quote]

Didn’t Yuna Kim take a break and then come back and set a bunch of world records? [/quote]

No, she went through one period of having to withdraw for injuries, and another of coaching changes and training instability, but she didn’t announce her retirement in either of those periods, and kept training throughout both. [/quote]

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