child prodigy
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Newly crowned Olympic women's figure skating champion Alysa Liu says she wants her story to "inspire others" after the golden return of a former child prodigy who suffered burnout.
From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026
Koh was seen as a child prodigy by North Korean authorities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
A day after his 40th birthday, McVay coached like he was no longer the child prodigy, but instead an aging leader who leaves himself open to second-guessing.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026
For Amos, the muses have served her long and wisely, from her days as a feisty child prodigy through her latest incarnation of “postmenopausal” pop stardom.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2025
A child prodigy, Galton learned to read at two, was fluent in Greek and Latin by five, and solved quadratic equations by eight.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
