In figure skating community, grief of plane crash spans geography and generations
As the figure skating community grappled with the deaths of more than 15 skaters, coaches and parents, the grief was felt across the world.
DC plane crash: United States, Russian figure skaters among passengers involved in collision with helicopter
Several figure skaters, along with their coaches and families, were traveling on an American Airlines plane that crashed into an Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington D.C.
After plane crash, Leawood skating coach grieves champions she grew up with in Russia
We skated together. We grew up in Saint Petersburg and we skated on the same ice,” said Marina Eltsova, of Leawood. “It’s surreal. ... I know there are videos of what happened. I just did not want to see it.
‘We are devastated’: Members of US Figure Skating community were on Wichita plane in crash
Several coaches and skaters with the United States figure skating team were on the flight from Wichita to Washington, D.C., that crashed Wednesday night, according to U.S. Figure Skating. The flight is not believed to have any survivors.
'Hearts are heavy': 14 members of figure skating community among victims of DC plane crash
Figure skaters and coaches returning from the U.S. national championships were aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with a Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday.
Russian skating couple, world champions in 1990s, were in crashed US airliner
Russian-born ice skating coaches and former world champions Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington on Wednesday night,
U.S. and Russian Figure Skaters Among Passengers on Crashed Jet
Members of the U.S. figure skating community were traveling on the commercial jet that collided with a military helicopter outside Washington. They were returning from a training camp in Kansas.
14 from U.S. figure skating community aboard plane that crashed near Washington, D.C.
Two teenage figure skaters, their coaches and family members among 14 members of U.S. figure skating community in deadly plane crash over D.C. airport.
Tight-knit skating community mourns promising athletes lost in plane crash
The U.S. skating community was in mourning on Thursday after learning some of the country's most promising young figure skaters, as well as parents and coaches, were aboard an American Airlines regional passenger plane that crashed near Reagan Washington National Airport.
What we know about the figure skaters who were on the airplane that crashed near Washington, D.C.
They were returning home from a camp for young figure skaters identified as having promise.
The names of Russian figure skaters who died in a plane crash in the United States have become known
World figure skating champions in pairs as part of the Russian national team Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov was on board a passenger plane that crashed in the skies of Washington.
Skating Club of Boston has a glorious — and tragic — history
The club has been the standard-bearer for American figure skating for more than a century. On Thursday, it became the ...
A groom-to-be pilot, daughter of Indian immigrants and figure skating champions are among DC air collision victims
Sam Lilley, a young fiancé awaiting his fall wedding, was piloting the American Airlines flight that was minutes away from a ...
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Tragic Flight: Loss of U.S. Figure Skating's Rising Stars
A tragic flight crash claimed the lives of promising young American figure skaters, leaving a void in the tight-knit sports ...