The Iron Butterfly

Winning Young (ft. Tara Lipinski)


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I chat with 1998 Olympic champion Tara Lipinski about her life: how she got into skating, her coaching teams, training away from home, what to was like to be the youngest champion and her strategies for excelling at such a young age against older competitors, what it was like having a skating rivalry with Michelle Kwan, the 1998 season and how she felt going into the Olympics, media during that time, her Olympic experience, why she decided to retire competitively and turn pro at 15, retirement and finding her next passion, her journey commentating, and her thoughts on current women's skating regarding the age change.
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