Her return marks the fourth consecutive time a woman skater from the Bay Area has qualified for the Olympics, starting in 2014 with Polina Edmunds of San Jose. Karen Chen of Fremont competed at the Pyeongchang games in 2018, and Chen and Liu represented the United States four years ago in Beijing.

American figure skater Alysa Liu makes a triumphant return to the Winter Olympic stage, having come out of retirement last year to compete in this year's Games.