The breakout star of the 2026 Winter Olympics Alysia Liu is from the East Bay and trained at the Oakland Ice Center, so Oakland is planning a \u201ccommunity-wide celebration\u201d that will act as Alysia Liu\u2019s gold medal victory parade.<\/p>\n
With the exception of maybe now-gloriously toothless hockey star<\/a> Jack Hughes, the biggest US breakout star to emerge from this year\u2019 Winter Olympics was gold medal-winning East Bay figure skating phenom Alysia Liu<\/a>. Liu is technically from Richmond, but the now-20-year-old figure skater trained at the Oakland Ice Center<\/a>, where she honed her skills to become the first US woman in 24 years to win the gold medal in women\u2019s singles skating, in the routine seen below. So Oakland can definitely lay claim to Alysa Liu being one of its own.<\/p>\n Now KRON4 reports that the City of Oakland is planning a series of celebrations for Alysa Liu<\/a> that will be not unlike a championship victory parade. The trouble is, none of these celebrations are announced, and we do not yet have an idea what any of them will be. \u00a0<\/p>\n All we have is the Instagram post above from the official account of the City of Oakland. \u201cThe City of Oakland is planning a community-wide celebration to honor Olympic gold medalist and Oakland’s hometown hero Alysa Liu!\u201d according to the Tuesday post<\/a>. \u201cAlysa represents the heart, grit, resilience, and joy of Oakland. Her achievement has filled our city with pride, and we are coordinating with her team now to finalize a date so the community can celebrate her together. Stay tuned for details coming soon.\u201d<\/p>\n