The Ice Skating Podcast

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.

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.