Ilia Malinin flew to D.C. on Monday after the national championships in Wichita and knew that young skaters were on the plane that crashed Wednesday.
U.S. Figure Skating said several skaters, coaches and family members had attended a development camp that followed the championships that wrapped up Sunday in Kansas
"Several members" of the U.S. figure skating community were on American Airlines Flight 5342, according to U.S. Figure Skating.
The U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place Jan. 21-26 in Wichita, Kansas. U.S. Figure Skating did not identify any of the members of its team that were on board. Doug Zeghib
A tragic flight crash claimed the lives of promising young American figure skaters, leaving a void in the tight-knit sports community. Notable skaters on board included rising star Spencer Lane and others with Olympic potential.
Just days after figure skaters, family and coaches from across the United States came together in Wichita, a tragic plane crash has left the U.S. Figure Skating community reeling.
Several members' of the U.S. Figure Skating community were onboard the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk Helicopter over Washington, D.C., the governing body said in a statement.
In 1961, the plane carrying the U.S. team to the World Figure Skating Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia crashed, killing all passengers, including the team members, officials, and family members on board.
U.S. Figure Skating announced that 'several members of our skating community' were on the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River
A Gardner man is remembering his friend Alexandr Kirsanov, who was killed in the collision between American Airlines 5342 and a helicopter Wednesday.
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. No one survived the midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a Black Hawk military helicopter Wednesday night,