Among those athletes competing in Wichita are former and hopefully future Olympians, many of whom are also defending national champions.

Some skaters, their families, and coaches were on American Airlines Flight 5342 that crashed with a military helicopter on Wednesday night.

After the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, some young athletes stayed a couple of additional days for further development.

Officials believe there are no survivors after a plane with 64 people aboard crashed into a helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport.

Figure skater Maxim Naumov boarded a flight out of Wichita just days before his parents were killed when their American Airlines plane crashed into the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday,

Kansans are getting a taste of professional figure skating at Intrust Bank Arena this week, and we talked to a few of them.

Doug Lane, the father of late figure skater Spencer Lane, gave a heartbreaking speech on Thursday when discussing the death of his wife and son.

Russian figure-skating coaches and spouses Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were among the passengers onboard the doomed American Airlines plane that collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington,

The close-knit world of figure skating was in mourning on Thursday after a passenger jet carrying athletes and coaches crashed into Washington's Potomac River.