
As a group of young figure skaters left Wichita, Kan., late on Wednesday, Jan. 29, they “likely felt closer to their Olympic dream than they ever had before,” 2010 gold medalist Evan Lysacek says. Certainly that’s how Lysacek himself had felt when he was that age, rising through a sport that he would eventually dominate. “Sadly now, those skaters' Olympic dreams and each of their bright futures beyond figure skating will never be realized,” Lysacek, 39, tells PEOPLE, adding to the chorus of grief over Wednesday’s plane disaster — when...