{"id":193293,"date":"2026-02-25T16:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/193293\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T16:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:48:16","slug":"alysa-lius-2026-winter-olympics-historic-gold-medal-wins-celebrated-in-oakland-with-billboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/193293\/","title":{"rendered":"Alysa Liu’s 2026 Winter Olympics historic gold medal wins celebrated in Oakland with billboard"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"KGO<\/p>\n

Wednesday, February 25, 2026 4:32PM<\/p>\n

\"Oakland<\/p>\n

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) — The city of Oakland is showing love to its newest Olympic gold medalist.<\/p>\n

A new billboard congratulating figure skating champ Alysa Liu is now up along Highway 880 at High Street in Oakland.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Oakland’s Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu inspires young athletes at her local ice rink<\/a><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

RELATED: FROM THE ARCHIVE: Oakland’s Alysa Liu was making history at 13 and had Olympic dreams<\/a><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

A date for the celebration has not been set.<\/p>\n

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

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