Bleav in Figure Skating

I sit down with 2022 Olympian Jean Luc Baker to recap the ice dance event at the 2025 World Championships in Boston. We review: Madison Chock/Evan Bates Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier Lilah Fear/Lewis Gibson Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko Olivia Smart/Tim Dieck Marjorie Lajoie/Zachary Lagha Evgeniia Lopareva/Geoffrey Brissaud Caroline Green/Michael Parsons Diana Davis/Glab Smolkin More of Jean Luc's favorite performances!

I sit down with 2022 Olympian Ashley Cain to discuss the Pairs event at the 2025 World Championships in Boston. Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara Minerva Fabienne Hase/Nikita Volodin Sara Conti/Niccolo Mac Anastasiia Metelkina/Luka Berulava Deanna Stellato Dudek/Maxime Deschamps Alisa Efimova/Misha Mitrofanov  Ellie Kam/Danny O'Shea Anastasia Golubeva/Hektor Giotopoulos Moore Lia Pereira/Trent Michaud

I sit down with 1995 Worlds Bronze Medalist Nicole Bobek to discuss the women's event at the 2024 World Championships in Boston: Alysa Liu Kaori Sakamoto Mone Chiba Isabeau Levito Amber Glenn Wakaba Higuchi Nina Pinzarrone Haein Lee Madeline Schizas Chayeon Kim Kimmy Repond Sofia Samodelkina Niina Petrykina  

I sit down with Olympic Champion Brian Boitano to discuss the Men's event at the 2025 World Championships in Boston. We review: Ilia Malinin Mikhail Shaidorov Yuma Kagiyama Adam Saio Him Fa Kevin Aymoz Shun Sato Junwhan Cha Jason Brown Nika Egadze Nikolaj Memola Deniss Vasiljevs Andrew Torgashev    

I give you my recap and takes on the Junior and Senior events at the 2025 U.S. Championships in Wichita, Kansas. I recap the top skaters in each event as well as my personal favorites and those who stood out.

I interview 1992 Olympic Silver Medalist Paul Wylie on his career. -How he got into skating -Working with Carlo Fassi, John Curry, Robin Cousins -His artistic focus in skating skills -Staying on the podium through an Olympic cycle -mental strength and his mindset during competition -His Olympic experiences -Professional shows and artistic growth -Switching professional careers to business after retirement -his involvement with skating and coaching -his advice to skaters everywhere

I interview 2002 Olympic Bronze Medalist Tim Goebel on his career and experiences skating: -How he got into skating -His coaching experiences throughout his career with Carol Heiss Jenkins, Frank Carroll, and more -Being the first man to land 3 quads in one program -Handling the mental side of skating and competing -Leading up to the Olympics winning US Nationals the year before -His Olympic experience in Salt Lake City in 2002 and winning the bronze medal -Dealing with Injuries and how we've improved training methods to prevent injuries since his era -What retirement was like for him and his career path afterwards -His involvement with skating now and what he thinks of the sport -His advice to skaters everywhere

I interview 1995 National Champion, World Bronze Medalist, and Olympian Nicole Bobek on her skating career and life. -skating origin story -her experiences with the many notable coaches she took from -the mental side of skating -artistry and telling stories on ice -her experience at the Olympics in 1998 -experiencing burnout and how she dealt with it -her experiences show skating -her opinion on current skating -the ups and downs after retiring form professional skating -motherhood and finding purpose    

I recap the top 3 women, men, and all Team USA skaters at the 2024 Cup of China Grand Prix: Amber Glenn (USA) Mone Chiba (JPN) Chayeon Kim (KOR) + Shun Sato (JPN) Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ) Adam Saio Him Fa (FRA) + Katie Mcbeath + Daniil Parkman (USA) + Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko (USA) Caroline Green/Michael Parsons (USA) Juulia Turkkila/Matthias Versluis (FIN)

I recap the top 3 women, men, and all Team USA skaters at the 2024 NHK Trophy Grand Prix in Japan: Kaori Sakamoto (JPN) Mone Chiba (JPN) Yuna Aoki (JPN) Alysa Liu (USA) Bradie Tennell (USA) Lindsay Thorngren (USA) Yuma Kagiyama (JPN) Daniel Grassl (ITA) Tatsuya Tsuboi (JPN) Andrew Torgashev (USA) Jason Brown (USA) Tomoki Hiwatashi (USA) Madi Chock/Evan Bates (USA) Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko (USA) Caroline Green/Michael Parsons (USA) Ellie Kam/Danny Oshea (USA) Isabelle Martins/Ryan Bedard (USA)

I recap the top women and men all Team USA skaters at the 2024 Grand Prix in France: Amber Glenn (USA) Wakaba Higuchi (JPN) Rion Sumiyoshi (JPN) Sarah Everdhart (USA) Chayeon Kim (KOR) Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA) Koshiro Shimada (JPN) Andrew Torgashev (USA) Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ) Camden Pulkinen (USA) Aleksandr Selevko (EST) Emily Bratti/Ian Somerville (USA) Leah Neset/Artem Markelov (USA) Eva Pate/Logan Bye (USA) Alisa Efimova/Misha Mitrofanov (USA)

I recap the top men, women, and all team USA skaters at the 2024 Skate Canada Grand Prix in Halifax! Kaori Sakamoto (JPN) Rino Matsuike (JPN) Hana Yoshida (JPN) Alysa Liu (USA) Elyce Lin Gracey (USA) Kimmy Repond (SUI) Madeline Schizas (CAN) + Ilia Malinin (USA) Shun Sato (JPN) Junwhan Cha (KOR) Jason Brown (USA) Stephen Gogolov (CAN) Sota Yamamoto (JPN) + Emily Chan/Spencer Howe +Emilea Zingas/ Vadym Kolesnik (USA) Oona Brown/Gage Brown (USA) Emily Bratti/Ian Somerville (USA)  

I recap all 4 events at the 2024 Skate America Grand Prix in Allen Texas! Wakaba Higuchi (JPN) Rinka Watanabe (JPN) Isabeau Levito (USA) Bradie Tennell (USA) Elyce Lin-Gracey (USA) Nina Pinzarrone (BEL) Ilia Malinin (USA) Kevin Aymoz (FRA) Kao Miura (JPN) Max Naumov (USA) Lucas Broussard (USA) Deniss Vasiljevs (LAT) Ellie Kam/Danny Oshea (USA) Alisa Efimova/ Misha Mitrofanov (USA) Katie Mcbeath/ Daniil Parkman (USA) Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson (GBR) Madi Chock / Evan Bates (USA) Olivia Smart/ Tim Dieck (ESP) Leah Neset / Artem Markelov (USA) Annabelle Morozov / Jeffrey Chen (USA)

I recap the top 3 women, men, and all Team USA skaters at the 2024 Junior Grand Prix in China: Ami Nakai (JPN) Yuseong Kim (KOR) Yihan Wang (CHN) Sophie Joline von Felten  (USA) Rio Nakata (JPN) Tonghe Tian (CHN) Yanhao Li (NZL) Patrick Blackwell (USA) Elliana Peal/Ethan Peal (USA) Olivia Ilin / Dylan Cain (USA)

I recap the top 3 women, men, and Team USA skaters at the 2024 Junior Grand Prix in Slovenia: Sophie Joline Von Felten (USA) Jia Shin (KOR) Mei Okada (JPN)) Jacob Sanchez (USA) Adam Hagara (SVK) Genrikh Gartung (GER) Caroline Mullen / Brendan Mullen (USA)  Yahli Pedersen / Benjamin Starr (USA)

I recap the top 3 women and all Team USA skaters from the 2024 JGP in Gdansk, Poland: Mao Shimada (JPN) Kaoruko Wada (JPN) Nayeon Ko (KOR) Cleo Park (USA) Elizabeth Hansen / William Church (USA) Saya Carpenter/ Ignacio Maravilla (USA) Reagan Moss/ Jakub Galbavy (USA) Katarina Wolfkostin / Dimity Tsarevski Yahli Pedersen / Benjamin Starr (USA)

I recap the top 3 women, top 3 men, and all Team USA skaters at the 2024 Junior Grand Prix in Ostrava, Czech Republic: Kaoruko Wada (JPN) Stafania Glad (FRA) Yujae Kim (KOR) Josephine Lee (USA) Minkyu Seo (KOR) Patrick Blackwell (USA) Adam Hagara (SVK) Saya Carpenter / Ignacio Maravilla (USA) Katarina Wolfkostin / Dimitry Tsaresvi (USA) Emily Renzi / William Lissauer (USA)

I recap the top 3 women and men and all Team USA skaters at the 2024 JGP in Riga, Latvia: Mao Shimada (JPN) Elina Goidina (EST) Nayeon Ko (KOR) Annika Chao (USA) Sena Takahashi (JPN) Jaekeun Lee (KOR) Shunsuke Nakamura (JPN) Aleksandr Fegan (USA) Olivia Flores/Luke Wang (USA) Reagan Moss/ Jakub Gabavy (USA) Caroline Mullen / Brendan Mullen (USA) Michelle Deych/Ryan Hu (USA)

I sit down with 5x World Champion, 1956 Olympic Silver Medalist and 1960 Olympic Champion Carol Heiss to chat about her life. We discuss her skating story, mental toughness, her experience acting in Hollywood after winning Olympic gold, coaching skating, and more!

I sit down with 2024 National Champion Amber Glenn and catch up on the past three years of her career! We chat about all things adrenaline, handling competition stress and excitement, making the move to CO Springs and building her adult era out there, tips and trick she's learned about herself for competing, and taking things one step at a time.

I interview 2x World Champions and Olympians Madison Chock and Evan Bates on their career and lives together. We chat about their longevity in the sport, the ups and downs of their ongoing journey on-ice, vital lessons they've learned along the way, and how their lives have romantically intertwined off the ice in an even deeper connection.  

I chat with 2x Olympic Pair Champion Katia Gordeeva about her life: -having her first child in between winning two Olympic gold medals -balancing motherhood while competitively skating and professionally touring -being a coach to her own daughter and juggling that role -the American vs. Russian training systems -her views on current skating -fitness levels for women in skating  

I recap all four disciplines in the 2024 World Championships in Montreal Canada.

I recap the top 3 in all disciplines + all Team USA athletes at the 2024 Junior World Championships!

I interview Olympian and French National champion Mae Berenice Meite on her inspiring career. We chat about her early beginnings in skating and getting to the Olympics, how she dealt with her injuries in her recovery process, growing into adulthood while navigating what skating meant to her, finding purpose and clarity while taking a break, and transforming her life with her new vision of skating and future.

I recap the top skaters at the 2024 Four Continents Championships in Shanghai, China.  

I recap the 2024 U.S. Championships in the Junior and Senior categories!

I recap the 2024 European Championships: Loena Hendrickx (BEL) Anastasiia Gibanova (GEO) Nina Pinzarrone (BEL) Livia Kaiser (SUI) Alexandra Feign (BUL) Kimmy Repond (SUI) Olga Mikutina (AUT) + Adam Saio Him Fa (FRA) Aleksandr Selevko (EST) Matteo Rizzo (ITA) Lukas Britschgi (SUI) + Lucrezia Beccari/Matteo Guarise (ITA) Anastasia Metelkina/Luka Berulava (GEO) Rebecca Ghilardi/Filippo Ambrosini (ITA) + Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri (ITA) Lilah Fear/Lewis Gibson (GBR) Allison Reed /Saulius Ambrulevicius (LTU) Natalie Taschlerova/Filip Taschler (CZE) Juulia Turkkila/Matthias Versluis (FIN) Follow me on IG: @polinaedmunds

I chat with Rory O'Brien, member of the champion Hayden Select Synchronized Skating Team for Team USA about all things synchro! Topics covered: -synchro skating general rules -the levels of synchro and moving up competitively -team tryout process -the key elements of a synchro program -the judging system for synchro -what the synchro competition season looks like -international competitions for synchro -training systems for synchro -what skating skills are most important for synchro -the elite 12 division and why it was created -the barriers for getting synchro into the Olympics -the best part of skating synchro Follow me on IG: @polinaedmunds

Mao SHIMADA (JPN) Jia Shin (KOR) Rena Uezono (JPN) Rio Nakata (JPN) Daniel Martynov (USA) Leah Neset/Artem Markelo (USA) Yahli Pederson/Jeffrey Chen (USA) Olivia Flores/Luke Wang (USA) Follow me on IG: @polinaedmunds

I recap the 2023 Grand Prix Final: Kaori Sakamoto (JPN) Loena Hendrickx (BEL) Hana Yoshida (JPN) Nina Pinzarrone (BEL) Isabeau Levito (USA) Rion Sumiyoshi (JPN) Ilia Malinin (USA) Shoma Uno (JPN) Yuma Kagiyama (JPN) Adam Saio Him Fa (FRA) Kao Miura (JPN) Kevin Aymoz (FRA) My thoughts on the Dance and Pairs events! Follow me on IG : @polinaedmunds    

-her skating origin story -the start of her integration career -skating with Adrian Diaz and switching from GBR to Spain -the close rivalry and journey to get to represent at the Olympics -how it felt the her partner announced retirement -taking the year off competition skating and her mentality -Dancing on Ice experience -how it felt to be away from competition and do some soul searching -the decision to compete again with a new partner -the ongoing journey -her advice to skaters Follow me on IG: @polinaedmunds    

Ava Zeigler (USA) Lindsay Thorngren (USA) Nina Pinzarrone (BEL) Yuna Aoki (JPN) Yuma Kagiyama (JPN) Shoma Uno (JPN) Camden Pulkinen (USA) Anastasia GOLUBEVA/Hektor GIOTOPOULOS MOORE (AUS) Chelsea Liu/Balazs Nagy (USA) Lilah Fear/Lewis Gibson (GBR) Lorraine McNamara/Anton Spiridonov (USA) Emily Bratti/Ian Somerville (USA) Follow me on IG: @polinaedmunds  

Kaori Sakamoto (JPN) Rion Sumiyoshi (JPN) Amber Glenn (USA) Chayeon Kim (KOR) Lorine Schild (FRA) Starr Andrews (USA) Kao Muira (JPN) Shun Sato (JPN) Kevin Aymoz (FRA) Liam Kapeikis (USA) Jimmy Ma (USA) Danny O'Shea/Ellie Kam (USA) Madi Chock + Evan Bates (USA) Laurence Beaudry and Nikolaj Soerensen (CAN) Juulia Turkikila/ Matthias Versluis (FIN) Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko (USA) Emilea Zingas/Vadym Kolesnik (USA) Follow me on IG: @polinaedmunds    

Hana Yoshida (JPN) Rinka Watanabe (JPN) Loena Hendrickx (BEL) Nina Petrokina (EST) Audrey Shin (USA) Yelim Kim (KOR) Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA) Shoma Uno (JPN) Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ) Jimmy Ma (9) Lucas Broussard  (12) Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps Maria Mokhova / Ivan Mokhov (USA) Yuchen Wang / Lei Zhu (CHN) Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier (CAN) Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha (CAN) Caroline Green / Michael Parsons (USA) Eva Pate/Logan Bye (USA) Emily Bratti + Ian Somerville(USA) Follow me on IG: @polinaedmunds

Isabeau Levito (USA) Nina Pinzarrone (BEL) Rion Sumiyoshi (JPN) Anastasia Gubanova (GEO) Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA) Ilia Malinin (USA) Yuma Kagiyama (JPN) Camden Pulkinen (USA) Trennt Michaud/Lia Pereira (CAN) Valentina Plazas/Max Fernandez (USA) Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri (ITA) Laurence Fournier Beaudry/Nikolaj Soerensen (CAN) Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko (USA) Hannah Lim/Ye Quan (KOR) Lorraine McNamara/Anton Spiridonov (USA) Follow me on IG: @polinaedmunds    

Kaori Sakamoto (JPN Chaeyeon Kim (KOR) Rino Matsuike (JPN) Madeline Schizas (CAN) Lindsay Thorngren (USA) Rinka Watanabe (JPN) Starr Andrews (USA) Audrey Shin (USA) Sota Yamamoto (JPN) Kao Miura (JPN) Matteo Rizzo (ITA) Kazuki Tomono (JPN) Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ) Liam Kapeikis (USA + Deanna Stellato Dudek/Maxime Deschamps (CAN) Oona Brown and Gage Brown (USA) Piper Gilles + Paul Pourier (CAN) Follow me on instagram: @polinaedmunds    

Loena Hendrickx (BEL) Isabeau Levito (USA) Niina Petrokina (EST) Hana Yoshida (JPN) Amber Glenn (USA) Mone Chiba (JPN) Clare Seo (USA) Ilia Malinin (USA) Kevin Aymoz (FRA) Shun Sato (JPN) Andrew Torgashev (USA) Maxim Naumov (USA) Deniss Vasijevs (LAT) Madi Chock/Evan Bates (USA) Caroline Green/Michael Parsons (USA) Oona Brown/Gage Brown (USA) Hannah Lim/Ye Quan (KOR) Natalie Taschlerova/Filip Taschler (CZE) Olivia Smart/Tim Dieck (ESP) Annika Hocke/Robert Kunkel (GER) Lia Pereira/Trennt Michaud (CAN) Chelsea Liu/Balazs Nagy (USA) Isabelle Martins/Ryan Bedard (USA) Valentina Plazas/Maximiliano Fernandez (USA) Follow me on instagram : @Polinaedmunds @theironbutterflypod

Deanna shares her spectacular 16-year comeback skating story with us: -Skating in singles and competing under the 6.0 system -Competing at Junior Worlds in 2000 -retiring, living life, and coming back to compete in 2016 in pairs -the realities and feelings of making a comeback in her thirties -switching partners and representing a new country -How age has affected her comeback, and the differences in mindset and training -becoming a Pairs National Champion in both the U.S. and Canada: her mentality with skating and her drive despite obstacles -her advice to skaters Follow me on instagram: @polinaedmunds Follow Deanna on instagram:@deannamsd622

Mao Shimada (JPN) Elyce-Lin Gracey (USA) Sherry Zhang (USA) Ikura Shimada (JPN) Eunbi Park (KOR) Inga Gurgenidze (GEO) Daniel Martynov (USA) Shunsuke Nakamura (JPN) Fedir Kulish (LAT) Aleksandr Fegan (USA) Elliana Peal + Ethan Peal (USA) Follow me on instagram: @polinaedmunds @theironbutterflypod  

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) Follow me on instagram: @polinaedmunds @theironbutterflypod

Jia Shin (KOR) Yuseong Kim (KOR) Ayumi Shibayama (JPN) Anastasia Brandenburg (SUI) Sherry Zhang (USA) Stefania Gladki (FRA) + Yahli Peterson/Jeffrey Chen (USA) Olivia Ilin/Dylan Cain (USA) + Hyungyeom Kim (KOR) Naoki Rossi (SUI) Haru Kakiuchi (JPN) Jacob Sanchez (USA) Follow me on instagram: @polinaedmunds @theironbutterfly