Oakland's golden girl: Billboard congratulates Alysa Liu on historic Olympic wins
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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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.
