Caitlin Clark's stalker sent her 800 threatening messages, drove past her house three times a day, and ended up in prison.
That was seven months ago.
Now America's newest gold medalist just got chased to her car at the airport – and nobody seems alarmed.
Alysa Liu Airport Incident Is Part of a Pattern Nobody Wants to Fix
The 20-year-old American walked off her flight Wednesday night as a double Olympic gold medalist.
She became the first American woman to win individual figure skating gold since Sarah Hughes in 2002 – a 24-year drought that ended in Milan when Liu skated a joyful, jaw-dropping free program that had the whole country cheering.
Then she landed at the airport back home.
A crowd was waiting at the exit with cameras.
They rushed her personal space demanding autographs.
"So I land at the airport, & there's a crowd waiting at the exit with cameras & things for me to sign," she posted on Instagram Stories. "All up in my personal space. Someone chased me to my car bruh. Please do not do that to me."
She shouldn't have to say that.
Caitlin Clark Had a Stalker Sentenced to Prison and Olivia Dunne Raised the Alarm
Caitlin Clark spent months "very fearful" – her exact words to police – as a Texas man sent her hundreds of sexually explicit messages, drove to Indianapolis, and circled her arena like a predator.
He thought it was a relationship.
He got 2.5 years in prison.
Gymnast Olivia Dunne told the same story in 2025 – men with stacks of autograph photos waiting at gate after gate, following her through security lines, turning hostile the moment she said no.
Olympic sprinter Gabby Thomas went public with an identical experience.
Female athletes at the peak of their fame are now stalking targets – and the infrastructure to protect them isn't keeping pace with their celebrity.
Alysa Liu just walked off a plane with two Olympic gold medals.
She's a 20-year-old from Oakland who retired at 16, came back on her own terms, and went to Milan with one goal: share her joy with the world.
She did exactly that.
And her reward is running to her car in a parking lot.
America Owes Her Better Than This
The left wants you to believe America doesn't produce heroes anymore.
Liu just proved them wrong – on the biggest stage in sports, in the country that gave figure skating to the world.
She won the way Americans used to win: with confidence, with joy, with zero apology.
Her coach is already planning her schedule through the 2026 World Championships in Prague and a Stars on Ice tour in Japan.
She's going to keep competing.
But at some point, someone in a position of authority – whether it's airport security, venue management, or law enforcement – needs to take seriously that American female athletes cannot walk through a public airport without being swarmed, chased, and frightened.
The Caitlin Clark case showed what happens when the threats escalate and nobody acts early.
The Olivia Dunne situation showed this isn't one bad actor – it's a pattern of predatory behavior wearing the mask of fandom.
Now Liu is adding her name to the list.
She said "please do not do that to me."
That's all she should have to say.
The rest is on us – on the people running these airports, on the security teams who weren't there, and on the fans who watched someone chase an Olympic champion to her car and didn't stop them.
America celebrated Alysa Liu for two weeks straight.
It's time to protect her too.
Sources:
- Ryan Gaydos, "Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu says she was 'chased' to her car at airport," Fox News, March 5, 2026.
- Staff, "Alysa Liu Makes Plea to Fans After Being 'Chased' at Airport," Newsweek, March 5, 2026.
- Staff, "Stalker of WNBA's Caitlin Clark sentenced to 2.5 years in prison," UPI, July 28, 2025.
- Staff, "Olivia Dunne Details 'Scary' Stalking and Harassment Incidents at Multiple Airports," Sports Illustrated, May 31, 2025.
