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Chinese-American figure skater Alysa Liu won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the Milan Winter Olympics.
This is her first individual Olympic gold medal and it ended a 24-year wait for the U.S. team to win the Olympic women's singles gold.
Many Americans and some politicians congratulated her online, calling her an "epic comeback."
Alysa Liu is 20 years old this year, born in California, and became the youngest U.S. women's singles champion at age 13.
After competing in the Beijing Winter Olympics at 16, she retired to attend college, then made a comeback and won the World Championship.
At this Winter Olympics, she also helped the U.S. team win the team gold medal.
Because her father participated in the 1989 democracy movement and the family faced pressure, she insisted on representing the United States.
Some people call her the "Flower of Freedom" and an "American hero."