ISU World Team Trophy 2021, plus Part 2 of Ireen Wüst's #UpAgain conversation

04/30/21 • 32 min

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.

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

Previous Episode

Beijing 2022 Figure Skating qualification, & Ireen Wüst's #UpAgain Story Part 1

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.

Next Episode

Comeback Queens, featuring Short Track Speed Skating legend Arianna Fontana and Figure Skater Gabrielle Daleman

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.