Alysa Liu wore the smudge of blood on her dress at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita on Thursday night like a poignant badge of honor, symbolic of everything she's gone through during the past few years.

The Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships air live this week from Wichita, Kansas, on NBC Sports, USA Network and Peacock. The field includes every national champion from last January: Ilia Malinin, Amber Glenn, ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates and the pairs’ team of Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea.

Amber Glenn has fought through mental roadblocks, injuries and finally reached a certain level of internal peace.