The Future of Figure Skating Anna Kellar

Episode Notes
My guest today is journalist and author Christine Brennan. Christine is a USA Today columnist and frequently appears on ABC, CNN, and PBS. She has covered figure skating since the Calgary Olympics, and her books Inside Edge and Edge of Glory are classics. Christine is also actively reporting on the sexual abuse scandals in figure skating, and we talked about covering these difficult topics and holding institutions accountable.

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You can follow Christine on X/Twitter @cbrennansports . Her website is www.christinebrennan.com

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What will it take to end the crisis of abuse in sports? This issue has been reverberating in the skating world, as more survivors have come forward with their stories, and the institutions charged with protecting athletes have largely failed to make the needed changes. Gymnasts for Change Canada advocates for eradicating maltreatment and misconduct in sport and is at the forefront of the campaign for a national inquiry into sport in Canada. Their sister organization, Figure Skaters for Change Canada, which is anonymous, has also published an open letter pushing Skate Canada to address specific cases of abuse, as well as making systemic changes.

My guests, Amelia Cline and Abby Spadafora, are board members of Gymnasts for Change Canada, and are themselves survivors of abuse during their careers in elite gymnastics. We discussed the pathways to making change in this seemingly intractable problem, and what fans of skating can do to support survivors.

You can follow their work at their website, https://www.gymnasts4changecanada.com/ and @Gym4ChangeCan

Amelia Cline is on Twitter at @ameliagrace1989 
Abby Spadafora is at @abbyspadafora 

You can also learn more about the sibling organization Figure Skaters for Change Canada at
@FSforchangeCan

Report by Global Athlete and Gym4ChangeCanada:
Canadian Safe Sport Think Tank Report

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A special conversation about the anti-doping system and how it is working (or not working) to support athletes. I'm joined by Meagan Duhamel, a 2018 team gold medalist and individual bronze medalist in pairs from the PyeongChang Olympics, by Rob Kohler, director of Global Athlete and formerly deputy Director-General at WADA, and by Paul Greene, who is the founder of Global Sports Advocacy and a leading lawyer representing athletes. We talk about the CAS decision in the Kamila Valieva case, tackling state-sponsored doping, and what a fair system would look like for athletes.

My explainer of the CAS decision for AnythingGOE: https://anythinggoe.com/making-sense-of-the-valieva-decision/

Thanks again to Meagan Duhamel, Rob Koehler, and Paul Greene. You can follow Meagan on Twitter @mhjd_85 and on Instagram @Meaganduhamel You can follow Rob on Twitter at @RobKoehler2 and Global Athlete @GlobalAthlete and globalathlete.org Paul Greene is at @greenesportslaw and his website https://www.globalsportsadvocates.com has more information about his work.

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This episode features Bruno Massot, the 2018 Olympic and World Champion in pairs. Bruno is now coaching full-time, and we spoke at the European Championships where he was accompanying the Swedish team of Greta and John Crafoord. This was a shorter-than-usual conversation but it was still a very interesting one. We got into the future of pairs and what makes for a great coach.

You can follow Bruno on Instagram at @bruno_massot and reach me with comments or suggestions by email at fsfuturepodcast@gmail.com or on Instagram and Twitter @futurefspodcast.

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Johanna Allik is a former Estonian national team member in singles and ice dance and the co-founder of JIV Sport apparel company. She has recently published The Book of Figure Skating, a beautiful coffee table book full of information and original interviews. We spoke at the 2024 European Championships about the growth of skating in Estonia and Belgium (where she now lives), her experience speaking out about her eating disorder and the importance of keeping athletes in the sport post-puberty.

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You can follow Johanna on Instagram @johannaallik and check out her YouTube channel @johannaallik7

You can order The Book of Figure Skating at jivsport.com

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Episode Notes
Joining me in conversation were Isabelle Ragnarsson of Ice Theatre of Stockholm, Kate McSwain of American Ice Theatre, Katja Grohmann of Ice Lab Leipzig, Maja Luther of Maja Luther Studio, and returning guest Phillip Tischendorf. In October, they spent a few days together in France with other contemporary skaters at the second annual Performing Arts Project. I was eager to learn more about their companies, their collaborations, and the different approaches each brings to contemporary skating.

00:00:00 – Introduction and Welcoming
00:02:43 – Skating Journeys
00:18:30 – Collaborative Projects
00:24:22 – Pandemic Learnings
00:36:15 – Contemporary and traditional skating
00:46:12 – Connecting skating and dancers
01:04:45 – Future of contemporary skating

You can learn more about the Contemporary Skating Alliance and its member companies at https://contemporaryskatingalliance.org/

The next CSA Performing Arts Project event will be November 1-3, 2024.

Thumbnail photo credits: Johannes Hjorth (@johanneshjorth)

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