Germany’s Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin put themselves firmly on course for their first European figure skating ...

The European figure skating championships have carried on, even as the skating world mourned athletes who died when an American Airlines jet collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C.

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Germany's Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin put themselves firmly on course for their first European figure skating title Wednesday in the pairs short program.

He earned a bronze medal in 2003 at Nebelhorn Trophy, an annual international figure skating competition held in Oberstdorf, Germany. He last competed in 2004. Upon retirement, he transitioned to ...