About this episode

Cindy Kim discusses the new figure skating discipline Synchro9 and its implications for the sport.

A huge piece of news this week was that the 2030 Winter Olympics will have one more figure skating discipline, and that will be Synchro9. So what is Synchro9? How is that different from traditional synchronized skating? What does FIFA and the World Cup have to do with all of this? Cindy Kim, who won three US titles with the Haydenettes and is the coach of Team Image Junior, joins me to break down the fundamentals of Synchro9.

People in this episode

Guest: Cindy Kim

Topics covered

• Synchro9
• figure skating
• Winter Olympics
• synchronized skating
• Cindy Kim
• sports news

Keywords

• Synchro9
• Cindy Kim
• synchronized skating
• Winter Olympics
• figure skating
• sports news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FIFA, Team Image Junior, Haydenettes

Books & works: Synchro9

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