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 emotional well-being".

There’s also a chat with Ashley Arthingal, the ISU co-ordinator of the new World Ice Skating Day, which is slated to occur on December 4. 

he Ice Skating Podcast is the official podcast of the International Skating Union, hosted by Luke Norman and Nick Moore. 

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 tells us all about his extraordinary journey. 

We've also got a review of the  ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships from Tallinn, featuring interviews with the winners from the Women's and Men's events, Isabeau Levito and Ilia Malinin.

The Ice Skating Podcast is the official podcast of the International Skating Union, hosted by Luke Norman and Nick Moore. 

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 World Champion and very much Short Track’s man of the moment; plus the Netherlands’ Xandra Velzeboer, and Pascal Dion and Kim Boutin of Canada.

And from that other spectacular event taking place in Canada in recent days, the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships, we have an interview with Laurie Desilets and Marie-Eve Comtois of Les Suprêmes (CAN), who claimed their first World title.

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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 Speed Skating, we are looking back on the ISU World Speed Skating Championships in Hamar and the ISU World Cup in Heerenveen – with remarkable achievements from Nils van der Poel and Irene Schouten. We have interviews with them both. 

 There is an exclusive interview with Ukrainian Short Track skater Mariya Dolgopolova, who reveals how she fled her home, under fire Kharkiv, at the start of the Russian invasion, and hopes to keep the Ukrainian flag flying through her sport over the next few weeks. 

Finally, we are previewing the ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Montreal, which start on April 8. We have an exclusive interview with Canadian star John Pierre-Gilles, fresh from winning a gold medal at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. 

 The Ice Skating Podcast is the official pod of the International Skating Union, hosted by Luke Norman and Nick Moore. 

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 Short Track competition in Gdansk.  

The Ice Skating Podcast is the official pod of the ISU, hosted by Luke Norman and Nick Moore every fortnight.

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, hosted by Luke Norman and Nick Moore.

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 retaining her 1000m gold, and Shaoang Liu toasting the winning of Hungary’s debut individual gold medal at a Winter Games.

There’s also an emotional word with Yara van Kerkhof and Xandra Velzeboer of the Netherlands - part of the women’s relay team that emerged triumphant and dedicated their win to former teammate Lara van Ruijven, who passed away in 2020.

From Speed Skating, we’ve got an exclusive interview with Douwe de Vries, about the action so far, and his role on the ISU athletes commission.

And there are words with Erin Jackson, Irene Schouten and Nils van der Poel about their Beijing 2022 moments of glory.

The Ice Skating Podcast is the official podcast of the International Skating Union, hosted by Luke Norman and Nick Moore. 

Normally released every fortnight, during Beijing 2022 we are releasing weekly episodes.

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 the team event.

There are Speed Skating interviews with Wust and  van der Poel, plus Irene Schouten and  Kjeld Nuis. And there is a chat with Mark Messer, the 'ice guru' who makes the surfaces at the rinks in Beijing. 

All that plus a quiz, news of the return of the UpAgain campaign, and our athletes saying Happy New Year in Chinese.

The Ice Skating Podcast is the official pod of the International Skating Union. Hosted by Luke Norman and Nick Moore, it is being released weekly during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.  

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 Valieva, Alexandra Trusova, or one of the incredible pairs or ice dance couples, Mark has got all the insight you need.

After that, we've got the two-for-one value of Valerie Maltais of Canada, who is headed out to her fourth Olympic Winter Games. 

Maltais has been at the last three Games as a Short Track Speed Skater, and offers great insight into that discipline - but she is at Beijing 2022 as a Speed  Skater, and part of the Canada women's Team Pursuit squad that are in with a great chance of winning a medal. 

The Ice Skating Podcast is brought to you every week during Beijing 2022, hosted by Luke Norman and  Nick Moore.

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 with the Republic of Korea's Junhwan Cha and Japan's Mai Mihara.

Regular guest Douwe de Vries, a former Netherlands skating great, is also in the studio to profile the Speed Skating, while Canada's Nathalie Lambert – a former Olympic gold medalist and now part of the ISU Technical Committee, is very excited about the Beijing Short Track.

Hosted by Luke Norman and Nick Moore, The Ice Skating Podcast is usually broadcast every fortnight;  during Beijing 2022 it will be weekly. 

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 second Games, after a fantastic experience at  PyeongChang 2018. The brilliant Aussie tells us all about how much she loves the Olympic experience, and her routines for the competition. 

We are also reporting back from the 2022 European Speed Skating Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands – an event with both prestigious medals and Olympic spots up for grabs. We speak to  Dutch legend Ireen Wust and Norway's Hallgeir Engebraten about their performances – and hopes for next month. 

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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 Cizeron and Gabriella Papadakis to Laura Barquero and Marco Zandron, there’s been so much to discuss in Figure Skating, while in Short Track it’s been an amazing year for Suzanne Schulting, Kristen Santos, the Liu brothers, Pascal Dion and many others. We run the rule across them all.

The Ice Skating Podcast is the official pod of the International Skating Union, and is hosted by Nick Moore and Luke Norman. 

 The pod will be taking a break over the holidays, and will return in early January. 

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 Cup Speed Skating season is also in full swing, and the action in Stavenger, Norway was thrilling – we’ve got a full report, including interviews with Joey Mantia, Isabelle Weidemann and Nils Van der Poel.

The ISU World Cup Short Track meanwhile took place in Debrecen, Hungary and Dordrecht, Netherlands – and we’ve got a full run-down, including interviews with Suzanne Schulting, Shaoang Liu, Kim Boutin and Sjinkie Knegt.

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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 Katsapalov. 

As if that wasn't enough, the ISU World Cup Speed Skating season kicked off last weekend in Poland, and produced some incredible results. 

We've got chats with Nils Van der Poel, Irene Schouten, Laurent Dubreuil and Brittany Bowe from that event. 

The Ice Skating Podcast is the official pod of the ISU, hosted every fortnight by Luke Norman and Nick Moore. 

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 World Cup Short Track Speed Skating events in Beijing and Nagoya, featuring interviews with Suzanne Schulting, Kristen Santos and Italy’s surprise star of the meeting, Yuri Confortola. 

The Ice Skating Podcast is the official pod of the International Skating Union, brought to you every fortnight, hosted by Nick Moore and Luke Norman.  

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 underway this week in Beijing - and we’ve got two perfect guides.

Yang Yang of China is the most successful female Short Track racer of all time, and joins us live from Beijing to tell us about how the Chinese capital is preparing for the biggest event of all - and her admiration of Dutch racer Suzanne Schulting. 

Charles Hamelin of Canada meanwhile is Short Track’s most experienced male skater - can he grab another Olympic medal at the grand old age of 37? We’ve got the inside track.

The Ice Skating Podcast is the official pod of the International Skating Union, brought to you every fortnight, hosted by Nick Moore and Luke Norman. 

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 Junior Grand Prix is almost at its conclusion, meanwhile, and commentator Ted Barton guides us through some of the young figure skaters to watch over the rest of the season – and those to come. 

Finally, Canada's Short Track Speed Skating mental preparation coach Fabien Abejean features in the third of our mini series exploring the importance of mental health and well-being in skating. 

The Ice Skating Podcast is the official pod of The International Skating Union, and is hosted by Luke Norman and Nick Moore every fortnight. 

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 occasion, as well as about dancing with a chicken – while Spain's Laura Barquero and Marco Zandron see it as one of the biggest moments of their life.

There's also a chat with GB sports psychologist Mike Rotheram, who is currently working with the British Short Track team who hands out some advice we can all benefit from!

The Ice Skating Podcast is the official pod of the International Skating Union, hosted by Luke Norman and Nick Moore. 

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 this summer as they target success at Beijing 2022. 

There's also a chat with three-time World Champion speed skater Patrick Roest from the Netherlands. How does he cope with a brutal training regime through spring and summer? 

Finally, we speak to US Speed Skating mental skills coach, Dr Nick Galli. He's a fascinating figure with a huge amount of insight about how mental preparation can benefit physical wellbeing and performance. 

The Ice Skating Podcast is the official pod of the International Skating Union, brought to you every fortnight by hosts Luke Norman and Nick Moore. 

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 snacks – while Ted Barton reports in from an exciting first weekend of action at the ISU Junior Grand Prix. 

Join hosts Luke Norman and Nick Moore each week on The Ice Skating Podcast for the best news, interviews and features from around the world of ice skating.

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Olympian Clara Hughes plus ISU Junior Grand Prix preview with Ted Barton

It's another action-packed Olympic special issue of The Ice Skating Podcast! 

Joining us in the studio this time around is the legendary Canadian athlete Clara Hughes. She competed in multiple summer Olympic Games as a cyclist (winning two bronze medals) – and three winter Olympics as a Speed Skater (winning gold at Turin 2006). 

Clara is also an outspoken activist about mental health, with an extraordinary back story. 

Meanwhile, we are looking forward to some imminent Figure Skating action – the ISU Junior Grand Prix starts this month. Talking us through the event is commentator Ted Barton.

The Ice Skating Podcast is the official pod of the International Skating Union, and is hosted every fortnight by Nick Moore and Luke Norman.  

Welcome to episode 11 of The Ice Skating Podcast – a Tokyo 2020 special! 

As the Games get underway in Japan, we've got two exclusive interviews. The first is with the remarkable Eddy Alvarez. Short Track speed skating fans will remember Eddy as one of the USA's finest racers at Sochi 2014, where he picked up a relay silver medal. 

Now, Eddy has made it to Tokyo 2020 as part of the American baseball team. He can join a very exclusive group of people to have medalled at both the Winter and Summer Games. 

We've also got a great chat with French Figure Skater Kevin Aymoz – who could have been a professional gymnast, had he not chosen the ice. Kevin reflects on what he loves about both sports, and looks ahead to Beijing 2022. 

The Ice Skating Podcast is hosted by Luke Norman and Nick Moore every fortnight. 

Welcome to a very special edition of The Ice Skating Podcast – brought to you from the ISU Skating Awards.

Figure Skating commentator Mark Hanretty joins us for this episode to discuss the winners of 2021's Lifetime Achievement Awards.

There are also exclusive interviews with the recipients – Torvill and Dean, Tamara Moskvina and Alexei Mishin.

The Ice Skating Podcast is co-hosted by Nick Moore and Luke Norman.

Welcome to the second packed edition of The Ice Skating Podcast celebrating Pride month and sharing the stories of several LGBTQ+ athletes.

French Figure Skater Guillaume Cizeron and US Speed Skater Brittany Bowe return for this episode, and this time they’re joined by the high-profile drag queen and former Figure Skater, Milk. 

Another former Figure Skater, the USA’s one-time Junior World Champion Rachel Parsons, shares her story too. 

Held in June each year to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York, Pride month usually means, without the threat of Covid, parades and marches dedicated to celebrating LGBTQ+ communities all around the world. 

The Ice Skating Podcast is co-hosted by Nick Moore and Luke Norman, and produced in conjunction with the ISU’s monthly YouTube show, The #UpAgain Show, which is presented by Elma Smit and dives deep into skaters’ inspiring stories of overcoming adversity and rising to fight another day. 

Welcome to the first of two editions of The Ice Skating Podcast celebrating Pride month.

Held in June each year to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York, Pride month usually means, without the threat of Covid, parades and marches dedicated to celebrating LGBTQ+ communities all around the world. 

Join French Figure Skater Guillaume Cizeron, US Speed Skater Brittany Bowe, and New Zealand’s former Short Track Speed Skater Blake Skjellerup as they share their personal experiences as LGBTQ+ athletes.

The Ice Skating Podcast is co-hosted by Nick Moore and Luke Norman, and produced in conjunction with the ISU’s monthly YouTube show, The #UpAgain Show, which is presented by Elma Smit and dives deep into skaters’ inspiring stories of overcoming adversity and rising to fight another day.