U.S. women’s figure skater Alysa Liu just won the gold medal in free skate at the Winter Olympics 2026 in Milan, Italy, with the perfect wardrobe change to match.

While the 20-year-old Olympian previously wore a white dress with a silver-embellished hem line, today, she delivered a stunning performance to “MacArthur Park” by Donna Summer that earned her spot at the top of the podium in a gold frock. The one-shoulder dress was complete with embellishments across the bodice and her signature fringed skirt.

Liu previously made a small adjustment to the original look she wore when she started the Olympics as well. For the February 17 free skate event, the athlete opted to change the high neckline of the dress to a lower square one.

Alysa Liu is known for her alt style, complete with halo ring hair, thick eyeliner, and a smiley piercing. So, it only makes sense that the skater opted for a style to boot her gold-winning routine.

Liu also switched from her pinned-up hairstyle to a ponytail for her performance, which allowed her dyed hair to sway with her skate. She made sure to let her hair down for the medal podium ceremony though, letting the rings and jellyfish-esque layers be on full display. She was joined by Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto and Ami Nakai who took silver and bronze respectively.

Lauren Servideo wrote in an op-ed for Teen Vogue, “What Liu offers isn’t so much a single look as an overall attitude: perhaps her stylistic rebellion gives her freedom within the highly structured environment. For those of us girls who may never stand on the Olympic podium, she carries the torch for the ones who hiked their uniform skirts up at Catholic school and pierced their own ears.”