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\n What they\u2019re saying<\/p>\n\u201cIt just continues the legacy of the Bay Area. And Alysa is just carrying that torch, hopefully to the top.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014 Candy Goodson, Director of skating, Oakland Ice Center<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s just nice to be able to come to an event like this and support one of the local heroes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014 Doug Sykes, Oakland resident<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’ve got somebody on a worldwide stage that gets off the ice and shouts out Oakland, California, and shouts out her love for the city. We just couldn’t be more proud, and we want to do everything to support her and to support Oakland. \u2026 She’s very ingrained in this community.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014 Barbara Leslie, Chief executive, Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce<\/p>\n
\u201cFigure skaters coming up, they have this incredible role model here to look up to.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014 Candy Goodson, Director of skating, Oakland Ice Center<\/p>\n
\u201cShe actually represents Oakland on the ice. She’s a rebel. She just doesn’t fit into a box, and I love that about her. She’s so freeing. I feel like she could only have come out of Oakland \u2014 to have just such unapologetic power and joy. And even stepping back for a few years and then coming back also speaks to the resilience and grit.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014 Carrie Maultsby-Lute, Former pro figure skater<\/p>\n
What\u2019s next<\/p>\n
The Oakland Ice Center plans to continue hosting watch parties and events to celebrate Alysa Liu’s Olympic victory and inspire the next generation of local figure skaters.<\/p>\n
The takeaway<\/p>\n
Alysa Liu’s Olympic gold medal triumph has reignited enthusiasm for figure skating in Oakland, a city that has struggled to maintain a strong ice sports culture in recent decades. Liu’s success has made her a local hero and role model, inspiring young skaters and proving that Oakland can produce world-class Olympians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on Feb. 27, 2026 Got story updates? Submit your updates here. \u203a Alysa Liu, a 20-year-old figure…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":{"0":"post-199513","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-oakland","9":"tag-oakland-headlines","10":"tag-oakland-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}