The Comeback Kid ft. Andrew Torgashev
I chat with 2023 U.S. Bronze Medalist and World Team Member Andrew Torgashev on his successful comeback season after missing the last two Nationals due to injury: -what the first half of his season looked like coming back to skating from injury the previous season -domestic competitions in the summer/fall and qualifying to Nationals through Sectionals -Competing at Sectionals in 2022 for the first time in 8 years -Mindset at Nationals: How he bounced back from his short program to skate a spectacular freeskate -Qualification to get the minimum tech score necessary for Worlds -His experience and awe at his first World Championships this year -Reflections of the season and his career to this point -Growth over the past few years and the feeling of being an adult in skating now as opposed to the promising up and coming young skater he used to be -Living independently and training on his own in LA away from family -The balance of social life and training -Being in control of your career -Choreography and his newer processes and development with that