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Meet Team USA Figure Skating: Andrew Torgashev

2/14/202612 min

In the next episode of Meet Team USA Figure Skating (Frozen Waters), a special mini-series from Unfiltered Waters, Katie sits down with Andrew Torgashev, U.S. Championships silver medalist and newly named Team USA member, fresh off one of the most emotional weeks of his career. Andrew reflects on the adrenaline crash after making the team, the quiet moments no one sees, and how he learned to manage nerves that followed him even off the ice. He opens up about visualization, grounding techniques, and the mantra that carried him through pressure-filled programs—along with what it means to fall, ge...

Clips

Breathing, Grounding, One Mantra
Make-or-Break First Jump
Falling, Then Taking Control
Figure Skating’s Judgment Problem
Be More Prepared Than Everyone
Born To Compete

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First 90 seconds

  1. Katie Hoff· Host0:00

    We welcome Andrew Torgashev to the podcast. He is the silver medalist and runner up at the US Figure Skating Championships qualifying for Team USA in Milan. And a really fun fact about these three, Max, Andrew, and Ilia, they have been skating together for years. They are like brothers, and it is going to be so fun to see them compete and dominate the medal stand in Milan. So please enjoy my conversation with Andrew. [upbeat music] Andrew, welcome to Unfiltered Waters, AKA Frozen Waters for the next month.

  2. Andrew Torgashev· Guest0:45

    [laughs] Hi.

  3. Katie Hoff· Host0:46

    Hi. [laughs] Congratulations.

  4. Andrew Torgashev· Guest0:48

    Thank you. Yeah.

  5. Katie Hoff· Host0:50

    Are you ... I know you j- we just said you're gonna go home tonight, decompress. What's the first thing you're gonna do when you get home?

  6. Andrew Torgashev· Guest0:57

    Sleep.

  7. Katie Hoff· Host0:57

    Sleep.

  8. Andrew Torgashev· Guest0:58

    [laughs] Yeah.

  9. Katie Hoff· Host0:58

    [laughs] Okay.

  10. Andrew Torgashev· Guest0:59

    I cannot wait to sleep. It's been a crazy past couple of days, so I'm just so happy to li- live through it, enjoy it, but also go decompress.

  11. Katie Hoff· Host1:09

    Yes. Is that, what, what other than sleep is, like, your go-to for decompressing?

  12. Andrew Torgashev· Guest1:14

    Uh, just, like, right now a nice, like, quiet, dark room.

  13. Katie Hoff· Host1:18

    Oh.

  14. Andrew Torgashev· Guest1:18

    Some Netflix.

  15. Katie Hoff· Host1:19

    [laughs] Just- And just, like, a good night's sleep would be really awesome. Yeah. I feel, I remember that. Like, you're on such an adrenaline high that- Mm-hmm ... once you get to the point where you can just, like,

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