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Wednesday, February 25, 2026 4:32PM
OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) — The city of Oakland is showing love to its newest Olympic gold medalist.
A new billboard congratulating figure skating champ Alysa Liu is now up along Highway 880 at High Street in Oakland.
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Liu won a pair of gold medals last week at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, becoming the first American woman to win Olympic figure skating gold since 2002.
She delivered a sensational free skate with a score of 150.20, bringing her total to 226.79 to edge out competitors from Japan and clinch the title.
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ABC7 News reporter Lyanne Melendez spoke with Oakland’s own Alysa Liu in 2019 when she was just 13, and thinking about her future Olympic dreams.
The Oakland mayor’s office says it’s organizing a community-wide celebration for Liu, who got her start training at the Oakland Ice Center.
A date for the celebration has not been set.
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