The world of figure skating deals with a major loss After the flight 5342 of American Airlines crashed With several members of the community on board.
During a Thursday, January 30, press conference, the CEO of the Boston skating club, Doug Zeghibesaid “to our knowledge, 14 skaters returning home” of the national American craft championships in Wichita, Kansas, were killed in the accident on Wednesday, January 29.
Zeghibe explained “we have lost family” and explained that the tragedy will have “long -term impacts for our skating community”.
The Boston skating club sent 18 athletes to participate in the national Wichita championships. In A declaration published ThursdayZeghibe revealed that six members of the club community had been killed in the accident: 16 -year -old artistic skaters Spencer Lane And Fartheir respective mothers, Christine Lane and Jin Han, and coaches VADIM NAUNOV And Emailngenia Shishkova.
The Olympic gold medalist Brian Boitano thought about the tragic plane crash that killed several American artistic skaters after spending a special week by their side in Wichita, Kansas. “My heart breaks for my skating family today and my thoughts and prayers go to all those affected by this horrible tragedy,” wrote Boitano, 61 years old […]
Naunov and Shishkova, who married, were the 1994 world champions in pairs. The couple shared a son, MaxWho contributed and finished fourth in the male event in Wichita, but he left on Monday, January 27, while his parents stayed in Kansas to train at the American American Figure Skating Camp.
“Our sport and this club have suffered a horrible loss with this tragedy,” said the Skating Club Declaration. “Skating is a united community where parents and children meet 6 to 7 days a week to train and work together. Everyone is like a family. Among the skaters, coaches and parents on the plane, we believe that six came from the Boston skating club. We are devastated and completely as far as a word. »»
The press release continued: “These athletes, coaches and parents returned from the National Figure Skating Development Camp, after last week’s American championships in Wichita. This camp is intended for young competitive skaters of tomorrow with the most promise of being a champion of tomorrow. The club sent 18 athletes to participate in the American championships. He sent 12 athletes to the national development camp. »»
In a press release provided by American figure skating in News Outlet Wusa9 Thursday, the organization confirmed that “several members of our skating community were unfortunately aboard the American Airlines 5342 flight, which collided with a helicopter last night in Washington, DC »
Sixty passengers and four crew members were on board the flight, who collided with an army helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport and fell into the Potomac river. There are no survivors.
