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Alysa Liu cares for her father, but she doesn't want him to be a vital part of her figure skating career.
Arthur Liu came to the U.S. from China in the 1980s and fell in love with figure skating in the 90s, watching the likes of Michelle Kwan on the Winter Olympic Games stage.
He admitted to spending up to $1 million in his daughter's pursuit of figure skating greatness, pushing her to become the youngest women's national champion in U.S. history.
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While Liu was a prodigy like no other, the pressure and overbearing control caused Alysa to burn out. After her first Olympics in Beijing in 2022, she retired, stating it was time to pursue life outside figure skating.
When she made her comeback two years ago and made a point of taking control of her career, one of her rules was that she would be the one driving the ship, not her father or her coaches.
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In an interview with Rolling Stone, Liu opened up about her return to the sport and her complex relationship with her father.
"He was happy," Liu answered when asked how her father felt when she came back to figure skating. "But that didn't matter to me. I didn't care if he was happy. I was almost mad that he was happy, because I was like, how dare you?
"You don't deserve to be happy over this, because you were mad when I quit. So I was like, he shouldn't have an opinion at all. I didn't want him to be mad, but I didn't want him to care."
Liu's father admitted to having previously dressed up in disguise to observe how coaches taught his daughter, making note of how effective they were in training her.
Although she did hug him after winning her individual gold in Milan, she's happy that he is nowhere near the rink when she competes.
He's way up in the stands where Liu believes he belongs.
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