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 ...
Teen figure skater ‘rocketing to the top of the sport’ and his mom killed in plane crash
The director of 16-year-old Spencer Lane’s skating club said he was known for being, “very fun, very cerebral, a good thinker ...
Who won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita? See the top results
Among those athletes competing in Wichita are former and hopefully future Olympians, many of whom are also defending national ...
Dick Button, Icon of Olympic Figure Skating, Dies at 95
Dick Button, the two-time Olympic champion who revolutionized figure skating by completing the first triple jump in ...
US Figure Skating has seen tragedy before: All about the 1961 world team plane crash
In 1961, the entire U.S. national team lost their lives in a plane crash en route to the world championships in Prague, ...
Figure skating community in mourning again as Olympic champion Dick Button dies at 95, AP reports
Dick Button, one of the top figure skaters of all-time and an Emmy Award-winning figure skating commentator, died Thursday, ...
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Plane crash kills world champion figure skaters and the ‘future’ of the sport in a tragic case of déjà vu
US Figure Skating has not confirmed the total number ... stuffy routines led to their 1994 world title. Like many top Russian skaters in the 1990s, Shishkova and Naumov moved to the US and became ...
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Figure Skating Community Speaks Out After Potomac River Plane Crash: See Their Tributes
Several figure skaters have spoken out after American Airlines Flight 5342 crashed into the Potomac River. News broke on ...
US figure skating coaches Vadim Naumov, Evgenia Shishkova among victims in crash
The figure skating coaches from the Skating Club of Boston were on the plane traveling from Wichita to Washington when it ...
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Figure skating community reels from losses of athletes, coaches and family
“The figure skating community is a close-knit ... embraced and consoled each other. The incident was top of mind throughout conversations, as practices continued on the rink to a soundtrack ...