Alysa Liu cheer/fan thread

[Sylvia]

Here's a clip of her arrival: https://www.tiktok.com/@emilyobes/video/7610321364372688142

How did the fans get to the gate? Wouldn't they have had to buy a plane ticket?

The TikTok caption reads: "Catching THIS DELTA red eye flight to Philly means welcoming home Alysa Liu from making US Olympic history"

 

[Sylvia]

Mural by Gustavo Zermeño Jr, a Venice, CA artist:

Gustavo Zermeño Jr on Instagram: "Had to give @alysaxliu her flowers 💐🥇✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨"

67K likes, 992 comments - gz.jr on February 24, 2026: "Had to give @alysaxliu her flowers 💐🥇✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨".

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[barbk]

Just another interview after you win your 2nd Olympic gold medal :

Adam Rippon on Instagram: "Alysa Liu, Olympic gold medalist and Cat Mom"

96K likes, 510 comments - adaripp on February 21, 2026: "Alysa Liu, Olympic gold medalist and Cat Mom".

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Adam is SUCH a good interviewer. I am impressed with him and with Alysa.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Of all the Liu articles recently this one is a really good one. I love the fact that she has someone set up her laptop at home so her cats could watch her free.

Opinion | How Alysa Liu’s beloved gold medal free skate defied Olympic conventions — MS NOW

The American skater brought a liberation ethic to an institution consumed with setting and meeting goals — rather than living in the moment.

apple.news

 

[Vagabond]

Alysa Liu Ate This Rich Chocolate Dessert Before Winning Olympic Gold

Alysa Liu is riding high after earning an Olympic gold medal, but if you've tried the same cake she has, you know she's been happy for longer.

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I hope that she was serious.

What does Eteri Tutberidze have to say?

And please tell me that someone left the cake out in the rain.

Adam Rippon on Instagram: "Alysa Liu, Olympic gold medalist and Cat Mom"

96K likes, 510 comments - adaripp on February 21, 2026: "Alysa Liu, Olympic gold medalist and Cat Mom".

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She ate the lava cake!

Just once, though. She slept through breakfast every other day.

Rumors about leaving the cake out in the rain remain unconfirmed.

 

[VALuvsMKwan]

Adam Rippon on Instagram: "Alysa Liu, Olympic gold medalist and Cat Mom"

96K likes, 510 comments - adaripp on February 21, 2026: "Alysa Liu, Olympic gold medalist and Cat Mom".

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She ate the lava cake!

Just once, though. She slept through breakfast every other day.

Rumors about leaving the cake out in the rain remain unconfirmed.

Surely, as with her free skate, she ate and left no crumbs.

 

[Vagabond]

As I have said before, Alysa Liu just takes the cake.

 

[Sylvia]

Billboard in Oakland!

Scott Budman on Instagram: "#olympics #alysaliu #oakland #usa #gold Gold medal winner Alysa Liu gets a billboard in her hometown of Oakland."

1,219 likes, 20 comments - scottbudman on February 25, 2026: "#olympics #alysaliu #oakland #usa #gold Gold medal winner Alysa Liu gets a billboard in her hometown of Oakland.".

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With Kristi:

Kristi Yamaguchi on Instagram: "So happy for you Alysa! It was a magical night as she brought us all along in her fierce, fun and joyful performance. Congratulations to the newest Team USA Figure Skating Olympic Gold Medalist! You represented like a

182K likes, 1,216 comments - kristiyamaguchi on February 20, 2026: "So happy for you Alysa! It was a magical night as she brought us all along in her fierce, fun and joyful performance. Congratulations to the newest Team USA Figure Skating Olympic Gold Medalist! You represented like a champion...

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Layla, a storyboard artist in Vancouver:

Layla on Instagram: "obsessed with her giant smile 🥹🥹🥹 something about watching someone doing something with so much joy is so inspiring I think #alysaliu #olympics #olympics2026 #fanart #art #drawing #digitalart #sketch"

73K likes, 149 comments - _leiira on February 21, 2026: "obsessed with her giant smile 🥹🥹🥹 something about watching someone doing something with so much joy is so inspiring I think #alysaliu #olympics #olympics2026 #fanart #art #drawing #digitalart #sketch".

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Matthew Johnson, a fine art photographer based in New York (Alysa photo #1 & she shared #3 in her Insta story):

Matthew Johnson on Instagram: "After watching many Olympic events for my first ‘screen time’ recap, I became quite invested in some of the storylines. Particularly how Alysa Liu’s (Oakland represent!) beautiful short program performance set her up fo

144K likes, 506 comments - matthewjohnson on February 20, 2026: "After watching many Olympic events for my first ‘screen time’ recap, I became quite invested in some of the storylines. Particularly how Alysa Liu’s (Oakland represent!) beautiful short program performance set her up for a chance...

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After watching many Olympic events for my first ‘screen time’ recap, I became quite invested in some of the storylines. Particularly how Alysa Liu’s (Oakland represent!) beautiful short program performance set her up for a chance at the podium. Turns out she would secure gold, and it was a great couple of days for team USA:
1. Alysa Liu during my favorite moment of her free skate: a carefree slide after finishing the technical aspects of the performance. @alysaxliu [...]
3. Alysa Liu’s now-iconic smile.
Okay I guess I’ll pin a comment about this process because people are confused and/or… upset? This particular series, “screen time” is a practice where I set up a screen or projection and use camera to photograph a live event or broadcast. I’ve explained this in the past but don’t go in depth every time I post something like this. I’m not trying to trick anybody! Most of my imagery is film photography, but this is one way I’ve enjoyed my art practice. Thank you for everybody who enjoys the work. Oh and never Ai.

Nozomi Usasa, a fashion illustrator based in New Zealand:

Nozomi Yuasa | illustration on Instagram: "Huge congratulations on your golden medal!!!!🥇✨ Our golden girl @alysaxliu 🇺🇸You did it!!💐✨💛 #figureskating #alysaliu #フィギュアスケート #ballet #olympic"

joetonozomi on February 20, 2026: "Huge congratulations on your golden medal!!!!🥇✨ Our golden girl @alysaxliu 🇺🇸You did it!!💐✨💛 #figureskating #alysaliu #フィギュアスケート #ballet #olympic".

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Jennifer Vallez, artist/illustrator:

Jennifer Vallez on Instagram: "GOLD! ⛸️ 🇺🇸 🥇 @alysaxliu #alysaliu @olympics"

4,911 likes, 62 comments - sophieandlili on February 19, 2026: "GOLD! ⛸️ 🇺🇸 🥇 @alysaxliu #alysaliu @olympics".

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[Sylvia]

Simon, a mixed media artist/filmmaker, also was inspired by Alysa’s FS:

EverythingMakesNoise on Instagram: "This video is completely made out of paper I did not plan to create a paper animation for the Winter Olympics, but then I saw Alysa Liu's performance and it changed my mind. It just looks like she has so much fun

23K likes, 139 comments - evrytmakesnoise on February 23, 2026: "This video is completely made out of paper I did not plan to create a paper animation for the Winter Olympics, but then I saw Alysa Liu's performance and it changed my mind. It just looks like she has so much fun doing what she...

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This video is completely made out of paper

I did not plan to create a paper animation for the Winter Olympics, but then I saw Alysa Liu's performance and it changed my mind.
It just looks like she has so much fun doing what she does and it is extremely contagious.

Sadly I could not take as much time as I wanted, because I am gone for this week and it was a pretty spontaneous decision. I basically skipped last night just to finish it in time.

Figure skating is really a beautiful sport

The process:

EverythingMakesNoise on Instagram: "Definitely my favorite performance at the Winter Olympics. For this mixed media animation I printed out around 250 frames and edited each one by hand. Sadly, I couldn't take as much time for this one as I wanted,

35K likes, 229 comments - evrytmakesnoise on February 24, 2026: "Definitely my favorite performance at the Winter Olympics. For this mixed media animation I printed out around 250 frames and edited each one by hand. Sadly, I couldn't take as much time for this one as I wanted, because I had to...

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Definitely my favorite performance at the Winter Olympics.

For this mixed media animation I printed out around 250 frames and edited each one by hand. Sadly, I couldn't take as much time for this one as I wanted, because I had to leave for a video shoot... I still think it turned out quite alright.

Thank you Alysa Liu, for this amazing performance. You seem to like what you are doing and that's just lovely to see. You got me very excited for figure skating. So, so inspiring!

ETA - in the comments of the 2nd video:

Can you tell me the frame rate please? We’re learning about temporal resolution and I’d love to share this with my physics students!
For sure! This one is 10fps like most animations I make. Say hi to your students from me!
ahh I was wondering that too! So its animated "on 3's", for the 30fps end result! So cool!

 

[KCC]

It is just hitting me how much I needed a feel-good moment in this Olympics. Honestly, I'd be happy for any of the top US or Japanese ladies. Given the current state of the world, I needed to see joy and good sportsmanship from young athletes - it gives me hope for our future.

 

[Karen-W]

Alysa has hit 6m followers on IG.

The mind boggles.

 

[skatfan]

Lisa McKinnon with a reel about making Alysa’s new MacArthur Park dress:

Lisa McKinnon on Instagram: "BTS from the making of @alysaxliu ’s Olympic Gold Medal Dress! ⭐️✨⭐️✨⭐️✨ ~ 🎶@mobygratis 🎥 @fischtic ~ ⭐️✨⭐️✨⭐️✨ #lisamckinnon #alysaliu #olympics #golddress #gold"

113 likes, 6 comments - lisamckinnon90210 on February 26, 2026: "BTS from the making of @alysaxliu ’s Olympic Gold Medal Dress! ⭐️✨⭐️✨⭐️✨ ~ 🎶@mobygratis 🎥 @fischtic ~ ⭐️✨⭐️✨⭐️✨ #lisamckinnon #alysaliu #olympics #golddress #gold".

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[skatfan]

Alysa has hit 6m followers on IG.

The mind boggles.

And she probably has no idea and will post something about six months from now and be surprised.

 

[tangerine dream]

Alysa has hit 6m followers on IG.

The mind boggles.

Does USFS finally have a star that can cross over to the non-figure skating world? And how epically will they completely mis-manage the opportunity to grow the sport in the US?!

 

[Sylvia]

Re-posting this local news story here from the U.S. Women's news thread:

Local Bay area news story (includes video):

Olympic champ Alysa Liu is back in the Bay! Here's where she visited, what Oakland has planned

Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu is back home after medaling in Italy. The gold medalist has been spotted at multiple spots around the Bay Area in the past 24 hours.

abc7news.com

Alysa's friend met her at the airport and somehow got all of her luggage into a mini Cooper :

TOGETHXR on Instagram: "Our Oakland baddie touched down in the Bay to a whole crowd of fans🥇 🥹 (via bristsh, tbaabyy28)"

togethxr on February 25, 2026: "Our Oakland baddie touched down in the Bay to a whole crowd of fans🥇 🥹 (via bristsh, tbaabyy28)".

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ETA from GSD:

Alysa should sit for a brain scan in the interests of science. Like a lot of you, I’ve been watching skating seriously for more than 30 years and I’ve never seen as nerveless a performer. Med in her heyday was good, so was Yuna, but eventually nerves got to them too. Hope Alysa stays the unicorn she is.

 

[Wyliefan]

Does USFS finally have a star that can cross over to the non-figure skating world? And how epically will they completely mis-manage the opportunity to grow the sport in the US?!

They'll probably tell her that her next short program has to be to a '90s song.

 

[Spikefan]

It would be smart to announce Skate America and Nationals ticket sales now, before she decides to retire again.

 

[Aussie Willy]

They'll probably tell her that her next short program has to be to a '90s song.

And any bet she will pick the best music and do a program to it.

 

[Aussie Willy]

Does USFS finally have a star that can cross over to the non-figure skating world? And how epically will they completely mis-manage the opportunity to grow the sport in the US?!

That is already happening. I am seeing so many videos on social media from people who don't know anything about skating but they love Alysa.

There is one freaking guy on Tiktok who I think is a martial arts expert who is trying triple axels off the ice and is actually doing them (I don't say that lightly but he has got the technique down pat). However I think he would get a shock if he put skates on.

I would say that Alysa is the equivalent of T&D in the ability of a skater/s to generate interest in a sport so quickly.