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Alyssa Liu (21, USA), who became a Winter Olympics hero after overcoming persistent espionage and threats from Chinese intelligence agencies, announced her withdrawal from the World Championships. Locally, Rio's absence from the tournament is a normal occurrence.

"Olympic figure skating champion Rio withdrew from the World Championships at the end of this month," sports media ESPN reported on the 8th. "It is not a surprising move for Rio, who won the gold medal at the Winter Olympics."

According to ESPN, Rio was scheduled to compete with Olympic teammates Amber Glenn and Isabel Levito at the World Championships, which will begin in March at the O2 Arena in Prague, Switzerland.

Rio's decision to withdraw gave Brady Tennell, the first prospective candidate, the right to participate. Sarah Eberhardt will take the place of the U.S. national team Rio as Tenel also declined to compete in the world championship.

"Rio became the first American woman to win a world title at the World Championships in Boston last year since Kimi Meizner in 2006," ESPN said. "Last month, at the Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics, she continued her momentum by winning the first Olympic gold medal in the U.S. since Sarah Hughes in 2002." Rio, along with Glenn, also led the U.S. team to a team win at the Italian Olympics, winning two gold medals.

It is a human victory. Rio announced his retirement after the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, but made a successful comeback in two years. According to local reports, Liu was also damaged by the Chinese Communist Party regime's espionage activities. Liu's father, Arthur Liu, defected to the United States during the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident and has been a target of Chinese intelligence agents since 2021. In order to recruit Liu as a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee, the Chinese side was found to have disguised itself as a U.S. Olympic Committee official to demand a copy of their passport or to install hidden cameras at their homes with GPS trackers on their vehicles.

Therefore, Rio suddenly announced his retirement at the age of 16 shortly after winning the 2022 World Championship bronze medal. After the Olympics, Rio's father confessed through "GB News" and others that "Rio suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)." Liu, who later lived a normal life studying psychology at UCLA, declared his return to active duty in 2024 and won the Olympic free skating with a total score of 226.79, performing seven triple jumps perfectly.

Chinese spy Matthew Djiboutris, who threatened the Liu family, was convicted of foreign government agent activity and conspiracy and faces up to 15 years in prison.

It is common in the figure skating world to skip the World Championships, which take place right after the Olympics. "The season begins in early autumn," the media said, adding, "In addition to Rio, Japan's pair Olympic champion Riku Miura and Kihara Ryuichi, Sarah Conti-Nikolo Machi, who gave the team bronze to host Italy, and Belgium's Luna Hendrix, who finished 14th in the Olympics, withdrew."

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