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Meet Team USA Figure Skating: Isabeau Levito | Frozen Waters

2/22/202611 min

In the next episode of Meet Team USA Figure Skating (Frozen Waters), a special mini-series from Unfiltered Waters, Katie sits down with Isabeau Levito, 2024 World silver medalist and 2023 U.S. National champion, for a candid conversation about expectations, confidence, and staying true to herself on the road to the Olympics. Isabeau reflects on the pressure of being “one of the expected spots,” the difference between skating because you get to versus because you have to, and how learning to sit with expectations has shaped her growth. She opens up about not giving up on hard days, building a strong ball...

Clips

Powering Through Bad Days
Expectations Drain The Joy
Performing As The Favorite
What 'Pop' Really Means
The Internet Got It Wrong
Her Mantra: 'Diva'
Born With Balance
Proving Critics Wrong

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Katie Hoff· Host0:00

    We welcome Isabeau Levito to the podcast. She is a 2024 World Silver Medalist. She is a 2023 US National Champion, and she has been skating lights out this year. She said that her favorite word is diva, so please watch or listen [laughs] to find out. Enjoy my conversation with Isabeau. [upbeat music] Isabeau, welcome to Unfiltered Waters, now renamed to Frozen Waters.

  2. Isabeau Levito· Guest0:39

    Super.

  3. Katie Hoff· Host0:41

    Yeah. [laughs] Um, so we'll get right into it. When you heard them announce Olympian with your name for the first time, what was the first instant thought in your head?

  4. Isabeau Levito· Guest0:51

    I actually didn't clock that when that happened in real life- Yeah [laughs] ... but I'm gonna imagine it right now. Um, yeah, it's sick.

  5. Katie Hoff· Host0:59

    That's great.

  6. Isabeau Levito· Guest0:59

    That's really good. That's dope. It's dream come true.

  7. Katie Hoff· Host1:03

    Yeah.

  8. Isabeau Levito· Guest1:04

    Yeah.

  9. Katie Hoff· Host1:05

    Surreal.

  10. Isabeau Levito· Guest1:05

    Surreal, yeah.

  11. Katie Hoff· Host1:06

    I, I always say, I'm like, I wish you could bottle up that emotion that comes out from all of us when they, you first realize a dream and just sell it. I think you could sell it for millions.

  12. Isabeau Levito· Guest1:15

    Yeah.

  13. Katie Hoff· Host1:16

    Yeah.

  14. Isabeau Levito· Guest1:17

    Yeah.

  15. Katie Hoff· Host1:17

    Um, so what do people get completely wrong about you when they watch you skate?

  16. Isabeau Levito· Guest1:22

    Um, I don't know.

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