Two young figure skaters with promising futures in the sport were killed in a plane crash near Washington, D.C.
Former world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov joined the staff at The Skating Club of Boston in Norwood, Massachusetts, in 2017.
Fourteen members of the figure skating community were among the passengers on a jet that collided with an Army helicopter in Washington, D.C., according to the Skating Club of Boston's executive director.
Amber Glenn, a 25-year-old from Plano who defended her U.S. figure skating championship last week in Wichita, was also among the community within the sport devastated by the news. “I’m in complete shock. I’m sorry I don’t even know what to say,” Glenn posted to Instagram on Thursday morning.
The governing body of figure skating in the U.S. said team members were on the American Airlines passenger jet that collided with an Army helicopter.
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A sizable cohort of figure skaters, coaches, and families were among the passengers involved in a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., Wednesday night.
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Misha Mitrofanov, Jimmy Ma and Alisa Efimova, members of The Skating Club of Boston, spoke about the Olympic potential of their peers who died in a plane crash.