'How to process it?' Nancy Kerrigan sobs as she mourns skating colleagues on doomed plane
1 month, 3 weeks ago

'How to process it?' Nancy Kerrigan sobs as she mourns skating colleagues on doomed plane

Raw Story  

Olympic silver medalist Nancy Kerrigan cried openly as she remembered her ice skating colleagues who were aboard the doomed American Airlines passenger jet that collided mid-air with an army helicopter Wednesday, killing all 67 people on board both aircrafts. The Associated Press reported, "Skating Club of Boston CEO Doug Zeghibe said Thursday that skaters Jinna Han and Spencer Lane were among those killed, along with 1994 pairs world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov of Russia. In all, 14 of the victims were coming back from a national development camp for promising young skaters following the U.S. Championships in Wichita, Kansas, Zeghibe said." "Much like everyone here has been saying, not sure how to process it," a tearful Kerrigan said at a news conference in Boston.

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Chen and Kerrigan are added to cast of a figure skating event benefiting victims of DC plane crash
1 month ago

Chen and Kerrigan are added to cast of a figure skating event benefiting victims of DC plane crash

Hindustan Times  

Nathan Chen, Nancy Kerrigan and Peggy Fleming are among a bevy of figure skaters added to the cast of a benefit event this weekend in Washington, D.C., for victims of the midair collision and crash outside Ronald Reagan International Airport. Chen and Kerrigan are added to cast of a figure skating event benefiting victims of DC plane crash Olympic hopeful …

Chen and Kerrigan are added to cast of a figure skating event benefiting victims of DC plane crash
1 month ago

Chen and Kerrigan are added to cast of a figure skating event benefiting victims of DC plane crash

Associated Press  

Nathan Chen, Nancy Kerrigan and Peggy Fleming are among a bevy of figure skaters added to the cast of a benefit event this weekend in Washington, D.C., for victims of the midair collision and crash outside Ronald Reagan International Airport. I think it will be an inspiring evening to definitely support the people who have lost loved ones — but …

DC plane crash: Everything about world champion Russian skating couple who died in tragic incident
1 month, 3 weeks ago

DC plane crash: Everything about world champion Russian skating couple who died in tragic incident

Firstpost  

Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, both former world champions and two-time Olympians in pairs figure skating, also worked as skating coaches. Shishkova and Naumov’s glittering career Shishkova and Naumov won a world championship title together in pairs skating in 1994 and narrowly missed out on Olympic medals that year at the Lillehammer Games before moving to the US and coaching …

Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding addresses 'devastating' American Airlines collision
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding addresses 'devastating' American Airlines collision

Daily Mail  

Two-time US Olympian Tonya Harding was among those mourning the losses from a Washington DC plane crash, which she called 'absolutely devastating.' Tonya Harding, two-time US Olympian, joined voices in the figure skating community to address the DC plane crash that claimed several lives of fellow members of US Figure Skating Harding's post came just hours after Nancy Kerrigan, her …

DC plane collision: A ‘bright star’ helicopter pilot, a daughter of immigrants and figure skating champions are among victims
1 month, 3 weeks ago

DC plane collision: A ‘bright star’ helicopter pilot, a daughter of immigrants and figure skating champions are among victims

CNN  

CNN — All 67 people on board the American Airlines regional jet and US Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair Wednesday night are presumed dead in the deadliest aviation disaster in the US since 2001. “Originally it was just skating, because we’d see each other at the rink and then it just turned into sharing our lives together,” Longerbeam …

DC plane collision: A ‘bright star’ helicopter pilot, a daughter of immigrants and figure skating champions are among victims
1 month, 3 weeks ago

DC plane collision: A ‘bright star’ helicopter pilot, a daughter of immigrants and figure skating champions are among victims

CNN  

CNN — All 67 people on board the American Airlines regional jet and US Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair Wednesday night are presumed dead in the deadliest aviation disaster in the US since 2001. “Originally it was just skating, because we’d see each other at the rink and then it just turned into sharing our lives together,” Longerbeam …

Team USA Mourns Loss Of Figure Skaters On Flight That Collided With Helicopter
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Team USA Mourns Loss Of Figure Skaters On Flight That Collided With Helicopter

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Team USA’s CEO said she is “devastated” by the news that several Olympic figure skating hopefuls were on the passenger flight that crashed in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. “Today we join in mourning the profound loss of the passengers aboard Flight 5342 and all those impacted by this tragedy,” Sarah Hirshland, CEO of the U.S. Olympic and …

World champion Russian skaters on American Airlines jet built a new life as coaches in the US
1 month, 3 weeks ago

World champion Russian skaters on American Airlines jet built a new life as coaches in the US

Associated Press  

▶ Follow the AP’s live coverage of a midair collision between a passenger plane and a military helicopter. TALLINN, Estonia — The two Russian figure skating coaches killed in the American Airlines crash were two-time Olympians and former world champions in the pairs event. Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov won a world championship title together in pairs skating in 1994 …

Emotions pour from tight-knit skating community following DC plane crash carrying athletes, coaches
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Emotions pour from tight-knit skating community following DC plane crash carrying athletes, coaches

Associated Press  

The tight-knit figure skating community was rocked Wednesday when an American Airlines flight carrying athletes, parents and coaches from a development camp in Wichita, Kansas, collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River. At a loss for words for my friends Evgenia Shishkova & Vadim Naumov and their son Maxim.” — 1988 Olympic and two-time world champion …

US Figure Skaters, Russian Skating World Champions Among Those Killed In Plane-Helicopter Crash Over Washington
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

US Figure Skaters, Russian Skating World Champions Among Those Killed In Plane-Helicopter Crash Over Washington

ABP News  

US figure skaters and Russian ice skating coaches and world champions of 1990 Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were on board the American Airlines plane that hit a helicopter before crashing into the Potomac River in Washington DC on Wednesday night. The sport's US governing body said in a statement that "several" athletes, coaches and family members, who were involved …

U.S. And Russian Figure Skaters Were Aboard Crashed U.S. Airliner
1 month, 3 weeks ago

U.S. And Russian Figure Skaters Were Aboard Crashed U.S. Airliner

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Elite figure skaters, including two Russian world champions, were among those on board the American Airlines plane that crashed in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night, according to local and foreign officials, likely killing everyone on board. Former world figure skating champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were also among those on board, a Kremlin spokesperson said at …

Who are Evgenia Shishkova, Vadim Naumov? All about world champion Russian skaters onboard crashed Washington DC plane
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Who are Evgenia Shishkova, Vadim Naumov? All about world champion Russian skaters onboard crashed Washington DC plane

Live Mint  

Washington DC plane crash: Ace Russian skaters were on board a US passenger jet that collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the frigid Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday. According to Russian news agencies, the world champion couple Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, who won the 1994 pairs title, were on the …

Renowned Russian, U.S. figure skaters were on board jet that crashed into helicopter in Washington
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Renowned Russian, U.S. figure skaters were on board jet that crashed into helicopter in Washington

The Hindu  

A former world champion Russian figure skating pair and a team of American skaters, with their families, were reportedly aboard the American Airlines regional passenger plane that crashed near Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, U.S., on Wednesday. Figure Skating, the governing body for figure skating in the United States, said on Thursday that athletes, coaches and family members were …

US figure skaters, former Russian world champions on board plane that crashed into Potomac River
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

US figure skaters, former Russian world champions on board plane that crashed into Potomac River

The Hindu  

Figure Skating said on Thursday that several skaters were on an American Airlines regional passenger plane that crashed near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday. Figure Skating, the governing body for figure skating in the United States, said athletes, coaches and family members were returning from the National Development Camp held in conjunction with the U.S. A source told Reuters …

Married world champion figure skaters were on board doomed American Airlines jet that crashed into Black Hawk chopper
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Married world champion figure skaters were on board doomed American Airlines jet that crashed into Black Hawk chopper

Daily Mail  

Former Russian world champion figure skaters were on board the doomed American Airlines plane that crashed into a Black Hawk helicopter over Washington. Russian figure skaters Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov are reported to have been on board the American Airlines plane that crashed into a Black Hawk helicopter The couple's 23-year-old son Maxim, a figure skater for Team USA, …

World champion figure skaters Shishkova and Naumov, along with young athletes, killed in plane crash in a tragic case of déjà vu
1 month, 3 weeks ago

World champion figure skaters Shishkova and Naumov, along with young athletes, killed in plane crash in a tragic case of déjà vu

CNN  

CNN — Once again, figure skaters representing the past, present and future of the sport perished in a catastrophic plane crash – devastating a global community far too familiar with tragedy. We are devastated by this unspeakable tragedy and hold the victims’ families closely in our hearts.” US Figure Skating has not confirmed the total number of skaters killed. The …

World champion figure skaters Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov among victims in US plane-helicopter crash
1 month, 3 weeks ago

World champion figure skaters Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov among victims in US plane-helicopter crash

New Indian Express  

WASHINGTON: Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River included figure skaters returning from the U.S. Figure Skating said in a statement that several skaters, coaches and their family members were on the commercial flight after attending a development camp that followed the championships that wrapped …

Washington DC plane crash: World Champion coaches, rising stars among the victims
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Washington DC plane crash: World Champion coaches, rising stars among the victims

India Today  

– The figure skating world is mourning after an American Airlines flight collided with a U.S. Army helicopter on Wednesday night, crashing into the icy Potomac River and killing all on board. A tight-knit skating community in mourning Skating Club of Boston CEO Doug Zeghibe confirmed that teenage skaters Jinna Han and Spencer Lane, along with 1994 world pairs champions …

Winter Olympics: Six of the best and worst moments in the games’ history
3 years, 1 month ago

Winter Olympics: Six of the best and worst moments in the games’ history

The Independent  

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