The European figure skating championships have carried on, even as the skating world mourned athletes who died when an American Airlines jet collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C.

Evegnia Shiskova and Vadim Naumov, the 1994 World Figure Skating champions in pairs representing Russia, were among the 64 passengers killed aboard American Airlines 5342. Their son Maxim Naumov, a competitive figure skater,

In his fourth appearance at the senior championships, Malinin’s scores for the short program (114.08), free skate (219.23) and total (333.31) were all his national personal bests. Torgashev had 286.49 and bronze medalist Camden Pulkinen 252.92. “It was a pretty good performance,” Malinin said.

Ilia Malinin finished with a total score of 333.31 on Sunday to secure his third straight national title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kan. Malinin put together a stunning free skate,

Ilia Malinin is the favorite to defend his world title in Boston in March, and just maybe at the Winter Olympics in Milan next year.

He might've planned to land seven quads, but the reigning World champion romped to another national crown by hitting on six of them.

World figure skating champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the flight from Wichita, the Kremlin said. The city recently hosted the 2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

Details are emerging about the last moments of the victims of the crash between a US commercial airliner with 64 people aboard and a military helicopter.

Details are emerging about the last moments of the victims of the crash between a US commercial airliner with 64 people aboard and a military helicopter.

Members of the U.S. figure skating community were traveling on the commercial jet that collided with a military helicopter outside Washington. They were returning from a skate camp in Kansas.

Russian-born ice skating coaches and former world champions Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington on Wednesday night, the Kremlin and state media said.