The Iron Butterfly

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     Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See p...

-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 dec...

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   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. S...

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) Emile...

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 Gr...

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)...

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) Foll...

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 Tasc...

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...

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   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection a...

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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection a...

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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informat...

I recap the top 6 women, top 3 men, and all USA skaters at the 2023 Junior Grand Prix in Osaka Japan: Mao Shimada JPN Yo Takagi JPN   Yu-Feng Tsai TPE Ikura Kushida JPN Jeongyue Hwang KOR   Hana Bath AUS   Mia Kalin USA Francois Pitot FRA Juheon Lim   KOR Daniel Martynov USA Michael Xie USA Leah Neset/Artem Markelov USA Caroline Mullen/Brendan Mullen USA Follow me on instagram: @polinaedmunds  @th...

I recap the top 6 women, top 3 men, and all USA skaters at the 2023 JSP Istanbul in Turkey: Ami Nakai (JPN) Rena Uezono (JPN) Yujae Kim (KOR) Elyce Lin-Gracey (USA) Seojin Youn (KOR) Sofja Stepcenko (LAT) Minkyu Seo (KOR) Rio Nakata (JPN) Daiya Ebihara (JPN) Kai Kovar (USA) Olivia Flores/Luke Wang (USA) Adele Zheng/Andy Deng (USA) Yahli Pedersen/Jeffrey Chen (USA)   Olivia Ilin / Dylan Cain (USA)...

Jia Shin (KOR) Haruna Murakami (JPN) Minsol Kwon (KOR) Stefania Gladki (FRA) Iida Karhunen (FIN) Ayumi Shibayama (JPN) Josephine Lee (USA) Adam Hagara (SVK) Hyungyeom Kim (KOR) Beck Strommer (USA) Olivia Flores/Luke Wang (USA) Elliana Peal/Ethan Peal (USA) Carolina Mullen/Brendan Mullen (USA)   Follow me on instagram: @polinaedmunds   @theironbutterflypod Use code POLINA10 for 10% off Chique Sport...

Ami Nakai (JPN) Yuseong Kim (KOR) Heesue Han (KOR) Yo Takagi (JPN) Annika Chao (USA) Sophia Shifrin (ISR) Follow Polina and the podcast on Instagram for more content: @polinaedmunds @theironbutterflypod Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Topics covered: -her early skating years -back injuries she had along the way -becoming National Champion in 2018 -mindset and approach at the 2018 Olympics -being in the midst of a 3A and Quad jump revolution in women's skating -her move to CO Springs to work with Tom Zakrasjek -her injury that caused her to miss the 2022 Olympic season -her mind and mental state through her injury and recovery p...

Topics covered: -When and how they got into skating -Their parents influences as coaches -The long careers of ice dancers and how they feel about it -Switching coaching teams from Igor Shpilband in Michigan to Scott Moir in Canada -Environment differences between the training camps and their choreography processes working with new people -The impact of their past several seasons and the hardships...

I chat with Josephine Lee - 5th at the 2023 U.S. Championships in Senior Women - about her career so far: -when she started skating/her coaching team -her training environment in LA -the timeline of learning her jumps -JGP experiences -2022 Nationals: her intentions going in -her Junior Worlds experience -USFS camps (Junior World Selection, Jump on It Camp) -Developing artistry/her choreography pr...

I chat with 2023 U.S. Bronze Medalist and World Team Member Andrew Torgashev on his successful comeback season after missing the last two Nationals due to injury: -what the first half of his season looked like coming back to skating from injury the previous season -domestic competitions in the summer/fall and qualifying to Nationals through Sectionals -Competing at Sectionals in 2022 for the first...

Are you an incoming freshman or current college student thinking about joining Collegiate Skating? I sit down with Collegiate National Champion Ava Stephens to chat through all the info: everything from how to join, what to expect, the benefits of joining, how it differs from your normal (individual) competitive skating, levels and events you can compete in, the lowdown on what training and compet...

I sit down with World Pairs Champions Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier to chat about their careers: -when and how they got into skating -Alexa on skating with her husband Chris Knierim -Brandon on growing up with former partner Haven Denney -the initial team up together -the challenges of coming together as new partners and a short timeline for the next Olympics -how they felt about the external...

I sit down with 1994 World Champion Yuka Sato to chat about her career: -growing up skating in Japan -moving to Canada to train -what she learned about herself at the '92 and '94 Olympics -winning the '94 World Championships -professional show skating culture in the 90s -transitioning into full time coaching -technique when students switch coaches -her thoughts on current Japan Women's Skating -he...

I sit down with National Champion and U.S. Olympian Mariah Bell to discuss her career: when she started skating, moving locations for skating, coaching switches, qualifying for Nationals, the challenges she faced in her eight senior seasons leading up to the 2022 Olympics, adding Adam Rippon to her team, how she dealt with a break up and heartbreak during her Olympic season, her Olympic experience...

I sit down with board certified naturopathic endocrinologist Dr. Jolene Brighten to get more informed on an extremely important topic for female athletes: the menstrual cycle + women’s hormones, how to work with them naturally for higher performance, and how going on birth control to “control” for your period may not be the best option for female athletes. -women’s hormones and how they affect the...