[8] Liu Yin competed for Team China at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia.

In the Bronze medal match they faced Team Switzerland skipped by Torino Silver medalist Mirjam Ott.

They Chinese pulled off a 12 -6 victory and became the first curling team from an Asian nation to win an Olympic medal.

[11] Later in 2010 Liu returned to the Pacific Curling Championship, losing to Korea in the final to earn a silver medal for the third time.

[14] Liu returned to international competition in 2012 at the Pacific Championships, where her team won the gold medal for a fifth time.

[17] China failed to automatically qualify for the 2014 Winter Olympics and so had to compete in the qualification event to try to earn one of the last two spots.