Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu to be honored at Oakland City Hall rally

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Oakland, California, volition grant its latest hometown hero, golden medalist Alysa Liu, with a ample solemnisation and rally Thursday afternoon.

Thousands of radical are expected to travel to the rally this day extracurricular City Hall, wherever crews person been moving each week mounting up a stage.

Liu is ushering successful a caller epoch of fig skating arsenic the archetypal American pistillate to triumph Olympic golden successful fig skating since 2002.

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The metropolis says Liu's endowment championed Oakland connected the worldwide stage.

"Alysa Liu, she represented The Town!" City Councilmember Ken Houston said. "When she skated, she showed style, she showed finesse, she showed Oakland style. And erstwhile she spot the coin, she fto 'em cognize that Oakland is successful the house. So we are truthful arrogant of her."

Liu is expected to speak, but said she doesn't cognize astir of the programme and is choosing to beryllium surprised.

There's going to beryllium performers, singers and different speakers.

The metropolis has besides promoted a astonishment last act.

This lawsuit is sold retired with 5,000 tickets sold.

Since arriving backmost from the Olympics, a billboard congratulating her has popped up and she's been spotted each astir the Bay Area.

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