Magdalena Tascher: Growing Skating in Poland

Magdalena Tascher is the president of the Polish Figure Skating federation, and also commentates for Eurosport. You might have seen her in Team Poland’s box during the Olympics waving a pierogi plushie! In this conversation, we got into the challenges of growing figure skating’s popularity in Poland, which of the ISU’s proposals might help that goal, and the importance of maintaining joy as a part of the sport. 

YouTube: https://youtu.be/pb1JX8447yM

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cvbtk293C96qV8OKBxW9H4gaCZVvdayxNSYI00xa7E4/edit?tab=t.0

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Links:

Article on ISU’s proposed changes and athlete reactions: https://anythinggoe.com/bigchangesfromisu/

Interview with Ioulia Chtchetinina and Michal Wozniak:https://anythinggoe.com/ioulia-chtchetinina-and-michal-wozniak-if-you-dont-enjoy-it-dont-do-it/

Interview with Dasa Grm: https://anythinggoe.com/dasa-grm-2023/