14-year-old alysaxliu landed two triple axels and a quad lutz to win her *second* US championship! ⛸USChamps20
."I was like, 'wow,'" she told NBC afterwards."I was kind of clapping along with the crowd . . . I was kind of inspired by her emotion and her happiness."
Alysa landed her three toughest jumps right out of the gate: a triple axel, followed by the quad lutz, followed bytriple axel. In doing so, she became the first female skater to land the quad lutz at US Nationals, though the jump was later deemed under-rotated. It hardly mattered in the end: her technical prowess proved unbeatable and she won by over 10 points, dropping Mariah to second and Bradie to third.
At 14, Alysa is still too young to compete at the senior level internationally. Still, many figure skating fans see her as the biggest threat to the slew of quad-hopping Russian skaters who are currently dominating the women's field; in juniors, Alysa is currently ranked third in the world behind two Russian skaters. She'll age into the senior level in 2022, just in time for the Winter Olympics, and we can't wait to see how much she improves between now and then.
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