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. 

Not one, not two, but three fascinating skaters appear in Episode 7 of The Ice Skating Podcast.

Brought to you by the International Skating Union, hosts Luke Norman and Nick Moore chat to Swedish Figure Skating sensation Josefin Taljegård as well as Hungarian brothers Shaoang and Shaolin Sandor Liu, currently the top two male Short Track Speed Skaters on the planet, following the 2021 ISU World Short Track Championships. 

All three skaters are pushing the boundaries of their sports in their respective countries, and share their extraordinary stories right here on The Ice Skating Podcast. 

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

What’s your all-time favorite comeback?

Episode 6 of The Ice Skating Podcast, brought to you by the International Skating Union, talks to two of Ice Skating’s comeback queens, Italy’s Short Track Speed Skating legend Arianna Fontana, and Canadian Figure Skater Gabrielle Daleman.

Listen to the incredible stories of both of these Olympic gold medal-winning skaters as hosts Luke Norman and Nick Moore discover that it takes real mental strength to come back after facing circumstances that can leave an athlete contemplating walking away from sport altogether. 

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

Penguins, tears, and love and hate on the ice – they all feature in Episode 5 of The Ice Skating Podcast, brought to you by the International Skating Union.

Hosts Luke Norman and Nick Moore discuss the final major Figure Skating event of the season, the ISU World Team Trophy, as we hear from Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (RUS), Jason Brown (USA), Nam Nguyen (CAN), and Tim Koleto (JPN). 

Luke and Nick also reflect on the 2020/21 Speed Skating, Short Track Speed Skating, and Figure Skating seasons. 

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

And here on the podcast, Elma is once again joined by the Netherlands’ Speed Skating superstar Ireen Wüst, a seven-time World Allround champion.

The Ice Skating Podcast is produced in conjunction with the ISU’s new monthly YouTube show, The #UpAgain Show, which brings inspiring interviews with skaters who have overcome adversity and risen to fight another day. 

Each episode of the Podcast will also feature key moments of the interviews. The #UpAgain Show host Elma Smit dives deep into her guests’ stories and, for this edition, she is joined by a Speed Skating superstar. A seven-time World Allround champion. The most decorated Olympic Speed Skater of all time. The youngest winter Olympic gold medalist from the Netherlands, ever. 

She is, of course, Ireen Wüst. 

In what is a very emotional interview, Ireen reflects on some particularly challenging periods in her stellar career, and looks forward to competing at the Beijing 2022 Olympics.

And following that conversation, hosts Luke Norman and Nick Moore bring you right up to date with the latest on Figure Skating qualification for Beijing 2022. 

In this episode of The Ice Skating Podcast, Luke Norman and Nick Moore reflect on the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021 which took place in Stockholm, Sweden, from March 22-28.

Luke and Nick chat to Mark Hanretty, the ISU’s commentator of the ISU World Figure Skating Championships, who covered the entire event and watched every routine. Hear what Mark has to say about the Championships, and how the next international Figure Skating season might unfold as we build toward the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

We also hear from a handful of the biggest stars who skated at the Championships, including Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN), Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (FSR), Madison Hubbell (USA), Sui Wenjing (CHN), Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier (CAN), as well as Ulrika Molin, President of the Organizing Committee of the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021.

Produced in conjunction with the ISU’s new monthly YouTube This is #UpAgain, the Show which will bring inspiring interviews with skaters who have overcome adversity and risen to fight another day. The Ice Skating Podcast will also feature some key moments of the interviews.