“The Golden Girl” is the nickname Alysa Liu has been given after winning the first women’s figure skating individual gold medal at the Winter Olympics in 24 years.
On Thursday, she was a shining star on the ice in her golden dress, putting on an iconic free skate performance that will be replayed for decades to come.
Young girls will grow up wanting to be like Liu and get into figure skating, inspired by her gold medal-winning performance, like the legends Tara Lipinski and Sarah Hughes.
On social media, she’s the most-talked-about athlete on the planet on Friday. From her unique hairstyle and piercings to the numerous viral photos taken of her after her gold medal victory, Liu is everywhere on the internet right now.
But how many followers did she gain personally during her double gold medal run in Milan?
A lot.
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When she touched down in Milan for the Winter Olympic Games, she had about 330,000 Instagram followers.
It’s not like Liu was a newcomer to the scene. She’s the reigning women’s world champion. She’s a prodigy who won back-to-back national titles at 13 and 14 before competing at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
But the Milan Olympics have taken her name to the stratosphere, as she now sits at 1.78 million followers, with that number rising by the hour.
She’s gained over 700,000 followers since her gold medal win on Thursday.
By the end of Friday, there’s a strong chance that she could soar past 2 million followers.
Liu is scheduled to participate in the Olympic Exhibition Gala on Saturday, the official send-off for figure skating and a final goodbye to the crowd.
By the time she leaves Milan, who knows how many more followers she’ll have.
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