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Kaillie Humphries wins historic medal; Women’s figure skating begins Tuesday

U.S. wins slew of medals Monday. Women’s figure skating begins Tuesday featuring Americans Mariah Bell, Karen Chen as well as Russia’s Kamila Valieva.

Get to know Alysa Liu: 5 facts about the teenage star and ‘Simone Biles of figure skating’

The 16-year-old figure skating star is getting her first shot at the Olympics.

For the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, For The Win is helping you get to know some of the star Olympians competing on the world’s biggest stage. Leading up to the Opening Ceremony, we’re highlighting 15 Team USA athletes we think you should get to know. Up next is figure skating prodigy Alysa Liu.

Very rarely do you come across a talent like Alysa Liu in any sport. Sometimes people use the word prodigy a little too freely when it comes to certain athletes, but it absolutely applies to her.

It was very clear at an early age that she had a chance to be a pretty special competitor in the figure skating world. Now, the Richmond, California native have her first chance to do that on an Olympic stage in Beijing’s 2022 Winter Games.

Here are five things you should know about her.

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Tara Lipinski on how Olympic gold-medal contender Nathan Chen revolutionized men’s figure skating

For The Win sat down with Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski to preview figure skating at the Beijing Olympics.

Figure skating is one of the most popular Winter Olympic sports, and for good reason. What these athletes do, individually or in pairs, on the ice is nothing short of stunning and truly awesome — probably because most people can’t imagine hurling themselves through the air while doing any number of rotations before landing perfectly on a super thin blade.

Following the U.S. Figure Skating Championships this month, the American figure skating team for the 2022 Beijing Olympics was finalized. Individually, Nathan Chen, Vincent Zhou and Jason Brown will represent Team USA in the men’s competition, while Mariah Bell, Karen Chen and Alysa Liu will do the same in the women’s competition.

So ahead of the 2022 Beijing Olympics in February, For The Win sat down with Tara Lipinski — the 1998 figure skating Olympic gold medalist who’s now an NBC Sports commentator — to talk figure skating and break down the top storylines fans should look out for.

This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.