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.
Ilia Malinin, World Champion Figure Skater Who Won Competition Before Deadly Crash, Says He's 'Heartbroken'
Reigning World Champion figure skater Illia Malinin, who won the competition in Wichita that his teammates had left from before dying in the plane crash in DC, posted on Instagram on Thursday, Jan. 30 that he was 'heartbroken' by their deaths.
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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Tellico Plains Community Rallies to Build Track in Honor of Late Champion Athlete Darrah Wiseman
The Wiseman family is raising $577,000 to build a track at Tellico Plains High School in memory of their late daughter Darrah ...
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Olympic long jump champion Tentoglou named Balkan athlete of the year
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Greek long jumper Miltiadis Tentoglou was named the Best Balkan Athlete of the Year for 2024 on Friday. The 26-year-old Tentoglou, who won Olympic gold in Paris last year, is ...
Figure skating community reels from losses of athletes, coaches and family
Former world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the flight from Wichita, which hosted last week’s U.S.championships.
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Married world champion figure skaters were on American Airlines flight that collided with helicopter as no survivors expected
Russian world champion figure skaters, Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, were on the American Airlines flight when it fatally crashed with a helicopter ...
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Emotions pour from tight-knit skating community following D.C. plane crash carrying athletes, coaches
The tight-knit figure skating community was rocked Wednesday when an American Airlines flight carrying athletes, parents and ...