'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.
How the D.C. Plane Crash Shattered Wichita’s Big Dreams of Skating and Flight
The city had tried for years to host the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, and to get a direct flight to the northeast.
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.
Boston skating club that lost skaters, coaches in D.C. plane crash suffered similar tragedy in 1961
For The Skating Club of Boston, which lost six members of its community Wednesday night in the American Airlines plane crash near Washington, D.C., the tragedy is all too familiar. Sixty-four years ago,
‘Still in a state of shock’: Figure skating community mourning deaths of those lost in crash
Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society President Laura Mitchell joins José Díaz-Balart to share more on her community’s reaction to the tragedy of the plane crash near Washington, DC, saying they are still not ready to release the names of all those lost.
N.J. native and son killed in D.C. plane crash, skating club says
A Union County native was among those killed in the D.C. plane crash, officials said while offering condolences.
Skaters honor renowned coach killed in D.C. plane crash
Inna Volyanskaya, a skating coach at the Ashburn Ice House in Virginia and one of the victims of the D.C. plane crash, was remembered for her dedication to her students.
Figure skaters 'horrified, heartbroken' over D.C. plane crash: Reactions from across sport
John Donnelly, the chief of Washington's fire department, said at a news conference Thursday that 28 bodies have been found and efforts had shifted from "a search-and-rescue operation to a recovery operation.
Fellow skaters mourn victims of D.C. plane crash
Teammates, friends and fellow skaters dropped off flowers and balloons at a skating rink in Ashburn, Virginia, on Jan. 30, the home of several crash victims.
As D.C. plane crash victims are identified, stories emerge of a new dad, a professor, skating coaches and rising stars
We are learning more about some of the 67 victims aboard the American Eagle plane and Black Hawk helicopter that collided ...
Figure skating might loom large on the international stage, but at its heart, it's a small family of competitors
The skating community is reeling from loss as many young, up-and-coming athletes–and coaches–tragically died in the crash.
Skating-A teenager's triple toe loop: mourning the young skaters lost in air crash
In one of his last TikTok posts before boarding a doomed flight to Washington, 16-year-old Spencer Lane shared with his ...
Dick Button, daredevil ‘godfather’ of figure skating and Emmy-winning commentator, dies at 95
Dick Button, the two-time Olympic champion who revolutionized figure skating and literally took the sport to new heights, ...
As Boston-area figure skating club grieves, athletes return to the ice
The Skating Club of Boston was dark Thursday, as friends and teammates grieved six people who died in Wednesday's D.C. plane ...
Dick Button, first U.S. Olympic figure skating gold medalist, dies at 95
Dick Button, the legendary figure skater who became the first American to win Olympic gold in the sport, died Thursday at age ...
A groom-to-be pilot, a daughter of Indian immigrants and figure skating champions are among DC air collision victims
Here are some of the victims of the tragedy identified so far. A mother and her young son Julia Kay and her son, 11-year-old ...
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Capitals and MedStar Capitals Iceplex Extend Support to Figure Skating Community
The team’s official practice facility to host a private (closed to media) vigil for figure skaters of the Washington Figure ...