Alysa Liu wins the Olympic gold medal for the United States - Beautiful!!!

[mysteryowl]

This was so beautiful to watch.
Congratulations Alysa!

[lark]

1. It was a beautiful, joyous performance!

I especially loved her "after winning" when she was so sweet to Ami, the very talented Japaneses skater.

[Diamond_Dog]

3. Those are the two adjectives first in my mind, as well, lark!

[SheltieLover]

2. Wow!

Ty for sharing this!

She sure makes it look easy!

[hlthe2b]

4. She has made such a example for sports psychology. Her relaxation stemmed from her

NOT putting the pressure on herself to win--only to enjoy her time on the ice. It damned well worked (as, of course, did her time away from the sport).

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Truly amazing. that final choreographed performance was out of this world.

My husband has this theory that both Malinin and Amber Glenn were mentally undercut by all the attention they received from the media. They were the favorites, until they weren't. It all went to their heads and the added pressure threw them off their game.

[Silver Gaia]

9. I totally agree, and even started a thread about Ilya after this happened to him.

I agree that it happened to Amber Glenn, too.

And it happened to gymnast Simone Biles at the Summer Olympics in Paris.

The media is out of control with sensationalizing these sensitve young athletes who are also artists, and it is causing them psychological damage. It needs to STOP.

[SamKnause]

6. Perfect !!!!!

[2naSalit]

7. Elegant rather than...

Athletic!

All her leaps and spins were low, close to the ice, where she had an exact amount of time to be airborne and not a nanosecond more. Perfectly executed, she looked at ease through the whole performance.

[mysteryowl]

8. Yet, she is an amazing athlete!