Beijing 2022 Preview: Mark Hanretty on Figure Skating; Valerie Maltais on Speed Skating and Short Track

Welcome to a special episode of The Ice Skating Podcast, brought to you after the ISU 58th Ordinary Congress 2022 in Phuket, Thailand. The pod features an in depth interview with the outgoing president of the ISU, Jan Dijkma of the Netherlands, and press conference highlights from his successor, Jae Youl Kim of the Republic of Korea.The pod covers the decision to raise the minimum age for competitors in senior events from 15 to 17 to protect skaters "physical and mental health, and emotional well-being".There’s also a chat with Ashley Arthingal, the ISU co-ordinator of the new World Ice Skating Day, which is slated to occur on December 4. he Ice Skating Podcast is the official podcast of the International Skating Union, hosted by Luke Norman and Nick Moore.  

Welcome to the latest episode of The Ice Skating Podcast. This episode is an emotional one, featuring an in depth interview with USA's figure skating sensation Vincent Zhou. He opens up about his difficult Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, at which he tested positive for Covid-19 and had to withdraw from the Men's event. After struggling mentally in the aftermath of Beijing, Zhou battled back to perform at the World Championships, placing third thanks to two brave skates. He tells us all about his extraordinary journey. We've also got a review of the  ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships from Tallinn, featuring interviews with the winners from the Women's and Men's events, Isabeau Levito and Ilia Malinin.The Ice Skating Podcast is the official podcast of the International Skating Union, hosted by Luke Norman and Nick Moore. 

Welcome to the latest episode of The Ice Skating Podcast in which we reflect on two major events in Canada – the ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Montreal, and the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships, which took place in Hamilton.We hear from some of Short Track Speed Skating’s biggest stars: Canada’s Charles Hamelin, who reveals what it was like to compete on home ice for the last event of his glorious, golden career; Hungary’s Shaoang Liu, back-to-back overall World Champion and very much Short Track’s man of the moment; plus the Netherlands’ Xandra Velzeboer, and Pascal Dion and Kim Boutin of Canada.And from that other spectacular event taking place in Canada in recent days, the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships, we have an interview with Laurie Desilets and Marie-Eve Comtois of Les Suprêmes (CAN), who claimed their first World title.The Ice Skating Podcast is the official pod of the International Skating Union, hosted by Luke Norman and Nick Moore. 

Welcome to the latest episode of The Ice Skating Podcast – with a huge amount to talk about across all three disciplines! We are joined by skating commentator (and star of Dancing on Ice), Mark Hanretty, to discuss all the highlights of Montpellier 2022. From the homeland heroes, Guillaume Cizeron and Gabriella Papadakis in the ice dance, through to the remarkable Japanese performances in the individual events, Mark has got plenty to say about a highly enjoyable week of action.In Speed Skating, we are looking back on the ISU World Speed Skating Championships in Hamar and the ISU World Cup in Heerenveen – with remarkable achievements from Nils van der Poel and Irene Schouten. We have interviews with them both.  There is an exclusive interview with Ukrainian Short Track skater Mariya Dolgopolova, who reveals how she fled her home, under fire Kharkiv, at the start of the Russian invasion, and hopes to keep the Ukrainian flag flying through her sport over the next few weeks. Finally, we are previewing the ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Montreal, which start on April 8. We have an exclusive interview with Canadian star John Pierre-Gilles, fresh from winning a gold medal at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.  The Ice Skating Podcast is the official pod of the International Skating Union, hosted by Luke Norman and Nick Moore. 

Welcome to the latest edition of The Ice Skating Podcast, brought to you by the International Skating Union. In this episode we feature an in depth interview with the ISU President, Jan Dijkema, covering a wide range of topics, from Beijing 2022, recent doping cases, Ukraine and the future for skating. There is a review of the ISU World Speed Skating Championships 2022, featuring interviews with Irene Schouten and Nils van der Poel, and we look back on the  ISU World Junior Short Track competition in Gdansk.  The Ice Skating Podcast is the official pod of the ISU, hosted by Luke Norman and Nick Moore every fortnight.

Hello and a huge welcome to the last of three episodes of The Ice Skating Podcast recorded at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games! We are looking back at the Figure Skating, Speed Skating and Short Track, including interviews with Thomas Krol, Irene Schouten, Brittany Bowe and Bart Swings from the oval, and Short Track chats with Pascal Dion, Jordan Pierre-Gilles, Arianna Fontana and Suzanne Schulting.The Ice Skating Podcast is brought to you by the International Skating Union, hosted by Luke Norman and Nick Moore.

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.

Welcome to The Ice Skating Podcast, brought to you live from the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games! We've had some of the greatest skating of all time already at these Olympic Games, from Nathan Chen and Kamila Valieva in the Figure Skating, to Ireen Wust and Nils van der Poel in the Speed Skating, and Arianna Fontana and Ren Ziwei in the Short Track.We've got interviews with Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the USA,  plus Misato Komatsubara and Tim Koleto of Japan, discussing the team event.There are Speed Skating interviews with Wust and  van der Poel, plus Irene Schouten and  Kjeld Nuis. And there is a chat with Mark Messer, the 'ice guru' who makes the surfaces at the rinks in Beijing. All that plus a quiz, news of the return of the UpAgain campaign, and our athletes saying Happy New Year in Chinese.The Ice Skating Podcast is the official pod of the International Skating Union. Hosted by Luke Norman and Nick Moore, it is being released weekly during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.  

Beijing 2022 Preview: Mark Hanretty on Figure Skating; Valerie Maltais on Speed Skating and Short Track Welcome to the latest episode of The Ice Skating Podcast – with the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games  just three days away! On this pod we are joined by the marvellous ISU commentator Mark Hanretty, who offers up a razor-sharp preview of Figure Skating at Beijing 2022. Whether you're a fan of Nathan Chen, Yuzuru Hanyu, Anna Shcherbakova, Kamila Valieva, Alexandra Trusova, or one of the incredible pairs or ice dance couples, Mark has got all the insight you need.After that, we've got the two-for-one value of Valerie Maltais of Canada, who is headed out to her fourth Olympic Winter Games. Maltais has been at the last three Games as a Short Track Speed Skater, and offers great insight into that discipline - but she is at Beijing 2022 as a Speed  Skater, and part of the Canada women's Team Pursuit squad that are in with a great chance of winning a medal. The Ice Skating Podcast is brought to you every week during Beijing 2022, hosted by Luke Norman and  Nick Moore.

Welcome to episode two of the 2022 series of The Ice Skating Podcast, brought by the International Skating Union. We're  just a handful of days away from the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games – and have got some top analysts on the show to run the rule over the competitors. In Figure Skating, we will be bringing you news from the ISU European Championships, including an interview with Belgian sensation Loena Hendrickx, and the ISU Four Continents,  which includes chats with the Republic of Korea's Junhwan Cha and Japan's Mai Mihara.Regular guest Douwe de Vries, a former Netherlands skating great, is also in the studio to profile the Speed Skating, while Canada's Nathalie Lambert – a former Olympic gold medalist and now part of the ISU Technical Committee, is very excited about the Beijing Short Track.Hosted by Luke Norman and Nick Moore, The Ice Skating Podcast is usually broadcast every fortnight;  during Beijing 2022 it will be weekly.