The Iron Butterfly

Rena Uezono (JPN)

Minsol Kwon (KOR)

Seojin Youn (KOR)

Yihan Wang (CHN)

Anthea Gradinaru (SUI)

Sarah Everhardt (USA)

Juheon Lim (KOR)

Beck Strommer (USA)

Daiya Ebihara (JPN)

Amy Cui / Kenny Eckert (USA)

Kristina Bland/ Mathew Sherry (USA)

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Jia Shin (KOR)

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I recap the top 6 women, top 3 men, and all USA skaters at the 2023 Junior Grand Prix in Osaka Japan:

Mao Shimada JPN

Yo Takagi JPN 

Yu-Feng Tsai TPE

Ikura Kushida JPN

Jeongyue Hwang KOR 

Hana Bath AUS 

Mia Kalin USA

Francois Pitot FRA

Juheon Lim  KOR

Daniel Martynov USA

Michael Xie USA

Leah Neset/Artem Markelov USA

Caroline Mullen/Brendan Mullen USA

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I recap the top 6 women, top 3 men, and all USA skaters at the 2023 JSP Istanbul in Turkey:

Ami Nakai (JPN)

Rena Uezono (JPN)

Yujae Kim (KOR)

Elyce Lin-Gracey (USA)

Seojin Youn (KOR)

Sofja Stepcenko (LAT)

Minkyu Seo (KOR)

Rio Nakata (JPN)

Daiya Ebihara (JPN)

Kai Kovar (USA)

Olivia Flores/Luke Wang (USA)

Adele Zheng/Andy Deng (USA)

Yahli Pedersen/Jeffrey Chen (USA)

 Olivia Ilin / Dylan Cain (USA)

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Jia Shin (KOR)

Haruna Murakami (JPN)

Minsol Kwon (KOR)

Stefania Gladki (FRA)

Iida Karhunen (FIN)

Ayumi Shibayama (JPN)

Josephine Lee (USA)

Adam Hagara (SVK)

Hyungyeom Kim (KOR)

Beck Strommer (USA)

Olivia Flores/Luke Wang (USA)

Elliana Peal/Ethan Peal (USA)

Carolina Mullen/Brendan Mullen (USA)

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Ami Nakai (JPN)

Yuseong Kim (KOR)

Heesue Han (KOR)

Yo Takagi (JPN)

Annika Chao (USA)

Sophia Shifrin (ISR)

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Topics covered:

-her early skating years

-back injuries she had along the way

-becoming National Champion in 2018

-mindset and approach at the 2018 Olympics

-being in the midst of a 3A and Quad jump revolution in women's skating

-her move to CO Springs to work with Tom Zakrasjek

-her injury that caused her to miss the 2022 Olympic season

-her mind and mental state through her injury and recovery process, the hard times of being home while everyone else moves forward

-her move to France for training

-the comeback process for Bradie leading up to 2022 Nationals

-her experiences at 2022 Nationals, 4CC, and Worlds

-how she delivers mental toughness in competition

-Bradie's interests outside of skating

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Topics covered:

-When and how they got into skating

-Their parents influences as coaches

-The long careers of ice dancers and how they feel about it

-Switching coaching teams from Igor Shpilband in Michigan to Scott Moir in Canada

-Environment differences between the training camps and their choreography processes working with new people

-The impact of their past several seasons and the hardships experienced to the success of their past season

-Their mental space after finishing 7th at Nationals in 2022 and Anthony going through ankle surgery/recovery in the off season: how it affected them individually and as a team

-How they approached the 2023 season following with clear set goals, a vision, and trust

-Their experience accomplishing their goals and competing at their first World Championships

-What style they believe is their strong suit and what of them of rhythm dance they enjoy most

-Status for Christina gaining U.S. citizenship

-Balancing skating and college, who they are outside of sport, and what they aspire for outside of skating

-Their advice for young ice dancers everywhere

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I chat with Josephine Lee - 5th at the 2023 U.S. Championships in Senior Women - about her career so far:

-when she started skating/her coaching team

-her training environment in LA

-the timeline of learning her jumps

-JGP experiences

-2022 Nationals: her intentions going in

-her Junior Worlds experience

-USFS camps (Junior World Selection, Jump on It Camp)

-Developing artistry/her choreography processes

-longterm goals in skating

-other interests outside of skating :)

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I chat with 2023 U.S. Bronze Medalist and World Team Member Andrew Torgashev on his successful comeback season after missing the last two Nationals due to injury:

-what the first half of his season looked like coming back to skating from injury the previous season

-domestic competitions in the summer/fall and qualifying to Nationals through Sectionals

-Competing at Sectionals in 2022 for the first time in 8 years

-Mindset at Nationals: How he bounced back from his short program to skate a spectacular freeskate

-Qualification to get the minimum tech score necessary for Worlds

-His experience and awe at his first World Championships this year

-Reflections of the season and his career to this point

-Growth over the past few years and the feeling of being an adult in skating now as opposed to the promising up and coming young skater he used to be

-Living independently and training on his own in LA away from family

-The balance of social life and training

-Being in control of your career

-Choreography and his newer processes and development with that

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