After the world championships, in which the women’s event is March 25 (short program) and March 27 (free skate), Liu will immediately go to Japan for eight shows in nine days with the Stars on Ice Japan tour.
Four days later, she will start the Stars on Ice U.S. tour, with 26 shows over six weeks.
“Alysa is going to have some time for herself, but it won’t be much, because we leave for Prague March 21,” DiGuglielmo said.
Once the shows are over, Liu will begin thinking of programs for next season.
“People are telling her, ‘You could skate four more years, be in another Olympics,’’’ DiGuglielmo said. “The sport could be very different in four more years.”
All of the U.S. skaters who were named in January to the U.S. team for the 2026 World Championships still intend to compete as of Saturday, a U.S. Figure Skating spokesperson said.
That world team includes all the members of the Olympic figure skating team except men’s singles skater Maxim Naumov, who is to be replaced by two-time Olympian Jason Brown, and pairs team Emily Chan and Spencer Howe, replaced by Katie McBeath and Daniil Parkman.
The U.S. has an additional pairs spot at worlds. It goes to two-time U.S. champions Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrafonov, who were ineligible for the Olympics because Efimova is not yet a U.S citizen. Different eligibility rules apply for the World Championships.
Philip Hersh, who has covered figure skating at 13 straight Olympics, is a special contributor to NBCOlympics.com