Figure skating luminaries reacted Thursday to the deadly plane crash that claimed the lives of several youth figure skaters, their coaches, and their families.
Six members of The Skating Club of Boston were on the American Airlines flight that collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac River near Washington D.C. on Wednesday.
Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, the 1994 world figure skating champions in pairs, lost their lives in the crash. They represented Russia but moved to the US, where they launched successful coaching careers. They are survived by their son, Maxim Naumov, who just won fourth place at the US men’s figure skating championships last weekend.
U.S. Figure Skating said a number of its skaters, their coaches and family members were on board the flight returning home from a training camp in Wichita, Kan. + The Skating Club of Boston has confir
U.S. figure skater Spencer Lane, 16, shared a photo from inside American Eagle Flight 5342 before it took off from Wichita, Kansas, to Washington, D.C., where it crashed into a helicopter mid-air.
The married couple, won the world championships in pairs figure skating in 1994, had reportedly lived in the US since at least 1998.
A pair of World Champion Russian figure skaters were aboard an American Airlines flight returning from a development camp that followed the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, according to published reports.
The two-time Olympic champion who pushed his sport to new physical heights went on to become its television voice for generations of viewers.
Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, the 1994 World Figure Skating champions in pairs representing Russia, were among the 64 passengers killed aboard American Airlines 5342 when it
Former world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov joined the staff at The Skating Club of Boston in Norwood, Massachusetts, in 2017.
A pair of skaters, their parents and two former World Champion coaches, all from the Boston area, were among the people killed when an American Airlines plane crashed above Washington, D.C.