Plane crash kills world champion figure skaters and the ‘future’ of the sport in a tragic case of déjà vu
Once again, figure skaters representing the past, present and future of the sport perished in a catastrophic plane crash.
Passenger Jet That Crashed Near Washington D.C. Carried Champion Figure Skaters
“Our coaches Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were on board the crashed plane,” a source is quoted as telling the news outlet. The couple, who competed for Russia and are believed to have married in 1995, moved to the U.S. in 1998 and now coach figure skating at the Skating Club of Boston.
Who was Evgenia Shishkova? Massachusetts figure skating coach among DC plane crash victims
Evgenia Shishkova and her husband Vadim Naumov were from Russia but lived in Norwood, Massachusetts, close to where they coached.
US and Russian figure skaters were on board crashed plane
A pair of 16-year-old skaters, their mothers, and two Russian coaches were among the passengers on board an aeroplane that hit a helicopter above Washington DC on Wednesday evening, the group's skating club in Boston says.
U.S. Figure Skating stars were on board American Airlines flight in fatal D.C. crash
The skaters were returning from a training camp that followed national figure skating championships which took place in Wichita, Kan., and finished Sunday.
Who Are Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova? Figure Skaters in DC Plane Crash
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the Russian figure skaters were on board the crashed American Airlines plane.
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