{"id":186584,"date":"2026-02-20T21:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/186584\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T21:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:21:10","slug":"oakland-figure-skating-gold-medalist-alysa-liu-was-making-history-at-13-and-had-olympic-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/186584\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland figure skating gold medalist Alysa Liu was making history at 13 and had Olympic dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday, February 20, 2026 8:37PM<\/p>\n

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) — Oakland’s own Alysa Liu is a gold medalist!<\/p>\n

The local figure skater wowed the judges at the Winter Games Thursday with a stunning routine – that netted her the country’s first individual gold medal in figure skating since Sarah Hughes in 2002.<\/p>\n

MORE: Oakland’s Alysa Liu gives US its first women’s figure skating Olympic gold in 24 years<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s a remarkable career for the 20-year-old who retired after the 2022 winter Olympics in Beijing after finishing 8th in the short program.<\/p>\n

In 2024, she decided to return to skating and has capped off a comeback with gold medals.<\/p>\n

But for local skaters and those who have been following her career, her triumph is not a surprise.<\/p>\n

ABC7 Eyewitness News reporter Lyanne Melendez spoke with Liu in 2019<\/a> when the newly minted gold medalist was just 13, and thinking about her future Olympic dreams.<\/p>\n

\"Now<\/a><\/p>\n

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