Welcome to a special episode of The Ice Skating Podcast, brought to you after the ISU 58th Ordinary Congress 2022 in Phuket, Thailand. The pod features an in depth interview with the outgoing president of the ISU, Jan Dijkma of the Netherlands, and press conference highlights from his successor, Jae Youl Kim of the Republic of Korea. The pod covers the decision to raise the minimum age for competitors in senior events from 15 to 17 to protect skaters "physical and mental health, and emo...

Welcome to the latest episode of The Ice Skating Podcast. This episode is an emotional one, featuring an in depth interview with USA's figure skating sensation Vincent Zhou. He opens up about his difficult Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, at which he tested positive for Covid-19 and had to withdraw from the Men's event. After struggling mentally in the aftermath of Beijing, Zhou battled back to perform at the World Championships, placing third thanks to two brave skates. He te...

Welcome to the latest episode of The Ice Skating Podcast in which we reflect on two major events in Canada – the ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Montreal, and the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships, which took place in Hamilton. We hear from some of Short Track Speed Skating’s biggest stars: Canada’s Charles Hamelin, who reveals what it was like to compete on home ice for the last event of his glorious, golden career; Hungary’s Shaoang Liu, back-to-back overall ...

Welcome to the latest episode of The Ice Skating Podcast – with a huge amount to talk about across all three disciplines! We are joined by skating commentator (and star of Dancing on Ice), Mark Hanretty, to discuss all the highlights of Montpellier 2022. From the homeland heroes, Guillaume Cizeron and Gabriella Papadakis in the ice dance, through to the remarkable Japanese performances in the individual events, Mark has got plenty to say about a highly enjoyable week of action. In...

Welcome to the latest edition of The Ice Skating Podcast, brought to you by the International Skating Union. In this episode we feature an in depth interview with the ISU President, Jan Dijkema, covering a wide range of topics, from Beijing 2022, recent doping cases, Ukraine and the future for skating. There is a review of the ISU World Speed Skating Championships 2022, featuring interviews with Irene Schouten and Nils van der Poel, and we look back on the ISU World Junior...

Hello and a huge welcome to the last of three episodes of The Ice Skating Podcast recorded at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games! We are looking back at the Figure Skating, Speed Skating and Short Track, including interviews with Thomas Krol, Irene Schouten, Brittany Bowe and Bart Swings from the oval, and Short Track chats with Pascal Dion, Jordan Pierre-Gilles, Arianna Fontana and Suzanne Schulting. The Ice Skating Podcast is brought to you by the International Skating Union, hos...

Welcome to the second of our special Beijing 2022 episodes of The Ice Skating Podcast - brought to you live from China. We are approaching the final straight of the Olympic Winter Games and have already seen some career-defining performances. The Rocket Man Nathan Chen has secured his legacy, winning his first Olympic gold, and he tells us all about it, while in the ice dance, Papadakis and Cizeron reigned supreme, and reveal all. From Short Track, we’ve got Suzanne Schulting celebrating r...

Welcome to The Ice Skating Podcast, brought to you live from the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games! We've had some of the greatest skating of all time already at these Olympic Games, from Nathan Chen and Kamila Valieva in the Figure Skating, to Ireen Wust and Nils van der Poel in the Speed Skating, and Arianna Fontana and Ren Ziwei in the Short Track. We've got interviews with Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the USA, plus Misato Komatsubara and Tim Koleto of Japan, discussing th...

Beijing 2022 Preview: Mark Hanretty on Figure Skating; Valerie Maltais on Speed Skating and Short Track Welcome to the latest episode of The Ice Skating Podcast – with the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games just three days away! On this pod we are joined by the marvellous ISU commentator Mark Hanretty, who offers up a razor-sharp preview of Figure Skating at Beijing 2022. Whether you're a fan of Nathan Chen, Yuzuru Hanyu, Anna Shcherbakova, Kamila ...

Welcome to episode two of the 2022 series of The Ice Skating Podcast, brought by the International Skating Union. We're just a handful of days away from the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games – and have got some top analysts on the show to run the rule over the competitors. In Figure Skating, we will be bringing you news from the ISU European Championships, including an interview with Belgian sensation Loena Hendrickx, and the ISU Four Continents, which includes chats...

Welcome to the first episode of the new series of The Ice Skating Podcast! 2022 is here and all eyes are turning towards China and the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. We are looking forward to the Games with Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson, Great Britain's great new ice dance hope. They are highly excited about heading to their first Olympic Games – can they capture their country's imagination in the way Torvill and Dean once did? Australia's Kailani Craine is heading to her se...

Hello and welcome to the final episode of The Ice Skating Podcast this year! We are wrapping up the rollercoaster ride that has been 2021, and discussing all the main talking points of this season. There is some top-flight Speed Skating action to review, including the ISU World Cups in Salt Lake City and Calgary, and we’ve got interviews with Joey Mantia, Femke Kok, Kjeld Nuis, Francesca Lollobrigida and Nils Van de Poel, among others. From Anna Sherbakova to Nathan Chen, Guillume Cizer...

Welcome to episode 20 of The Ice Skating Podcast – brought to you by the International Skating Union. It's another very busy edition, with two Grand Prix figure skating events to report from – the Internationaux de France from Grenoble and the Rostelecom Cup from Sochi. We've got interviews with the stars of both meetings, including Guillaume Cizeron and Gabriella Papadakis, Anna Shcherbakova, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, plus Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov. The ISU World...

Welcome to episode 19 of The Ice Skating Podcast – brought to you by the International Skating Union. It's another packed edition, with two Grand Prix figure skating events to report from – the Gran Premio d'Italia in Turin and the NHK Trophy from Tokyo. And we've got interviews with the stars of both meetings, including Guillaume Cizeron and Gabriella Papadakis, Anna Shcherbakova, Loena Hendrickx, Shoma Uno, Anastasia Mishina, Alexander Galliamov, Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita ...

Welcome to an action-crammed edition of The Ice Skating Podcast! This episode we are looking back on a fabulous Skate America and Skate Canada, with interviews from Nathan Chen, Vincent Zhou, Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohoe. As the Speed Skating season approaches, there is an in-depth conversation with former Netherlands racer Douwe de Vries, who has identifies some interesting ‘ones to watch’ for the forthcoming few months. We’ve also got a review of the first two ISU W...

Welcome to a bumper edition of The Ice Skating Podcast! This episode we’ve got three top interviews. Spanish former Figure Skater Javier Fernandez, a bronze medalist at PyeongChang 2018, is the perfect man to preview the season ahead - and the road to Beijing 2022. He tells us what he’s been up to, highlights his “ones to watch” for Olympic medals - and speaks about his pride in the continuing success of Spanish Figure Skating. Meanwhile, the Short Track Speed Skating season gets un...

The Ice Skating Podcast, episode 16: Olympic Qualifiers with Mark Hanretty, Junior Grand Prix with Ted Barton and mental health with Canada's Fabien Abejean Welcome to another packed episode of The Ice Skating Podcast! This episode we are reflecting on the Nebelhorn Trophy – and the final places for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games being secured. There were thrills and spills, heartache and joy at the Nebelhorn, and commentator Mark Hanretty guides us through it all. The J...

Nebelhorn Trophy preview: Republic of Korea's Yura Min and Spain's Laura Barquero and Marco Zandron; plus GB sports psychologist Mike Rotheram Welcome to episode 15 of The Ice Skating Podcast! We are at a crucial point in the Figure Skating season, with places for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games on the line at the Nebelhorn Trophy. Korea's Yura Min, who has qualified for the Olympics via this route before, tells us all about the nerves and excitement before this big oc...

Training special with Miriam Ziegler and Severin Kiefer, Patrick Roest and Dr Nick Galli It's a bumper episode of The Ice Skating Podcast! This week we've got a training special, giving you insight into how elite athletes work all summer to ensure they're at their very best in the winter. We've got an exclusive interview with evergreen Austrian figure skating pairs athletes Miriam Ziegler and Severin Kiefer. The duo are getting better year on year – and tell us how they're training t...

Satoko Miyahara on Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022; Kristen Santos on her Short Track dreams; ISU Junior Grand Prix interviews Welcome back to The Ice Skating Podcast – it's a packed episode as the season gets underway! This pod we are speaking to Japan's Satoko Miyahara about her love of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, her ambitions for Beijing 2022 – and her talented teammates. Short Track sensation Kristen Santos joins us to discuss speed, disqualifications, Simon Biles and vinegar flavoured...