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30th January 2019
07:08pm GMT

And the exceptionally talented young woman was only competing with one person on the day - herself. She told NBC:Watch out world. Alysa Liu has arrived. ??#USChamps19 pic.twitter.com/PeYd7t0fbG
— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) January 26, 2019
"I was just happy that I beat my personal record, and I did a clean long program."At under five foot, Alysa is a small but mighty force to be reckoned with. In a moment of exceptional sportswomanship, Tennell and third-place winner Mariah Bell helped the champion climb onto her prime podium position.
On the day, Tara Lipinski who previously held the record for youngest U.S. women’s champion, winning the 1997 championship when she was just 14 congratulated Alysa on her win saying, "records were made to be broken."This is what it’s all about. pic.twitter.com/weenqeA4RJ
— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) January 26, 2019
Indeed, the future looks bright for Alysa Liu. By 2022, she will be 16 and able to compete in the Olympics and we're already looking forward to that stellar performance.Records are meant to be broken and I couldn’t be more excited that Alysa was the one to break it. What a talent! So well deserved. 22 years ago I tried to push the technical envelope and now Alyssa has taken it to the next level. She is the future of US ladies skating. pic.twitter.com/I0Z5Hoqca7
— Tara Lipinski (@taralipinski) January 26, 2019
20x20 is an ambitious two-year long initiative to better promote and champion women in sport.
With the tagline of "if she can't see it, she can't be it," the 20x20 movement has three targets to reach by 2020: