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...

The experienced immense grief this week after 14 members of the community were tragically killed in a midair aircraft collision in Washington D.C. on Wednesday night. Their loss came just a day before two-time a pioneer in the sport who would also go on to have a legendary broadcasting career, died at 95. "On this terrible, sad day for figure skating with the loss of young upcoming talent and their family members and coaches in the plane crash, I am further heartbroken with the loss of figure skating legend, my...

At an ice rink near Washington, local residents piled flowers and stuffed animals on a table in the lobby. In the outskirts of Boston, the leader of a storied figure skating club choked back tears. Yet as the figure skating community continued to grapple with the deaths of more than 15 skaters, coaches and parents in a fatal plane crash Wednesday night, the grief was not limited to the clubs and towns that lost some of their own. In the days since the tragedy, its ripple effects have been felt...

A Virginia family of four who dedicated their lives to figure skating and each other were among the victims who died in Wednesday's devastating plane crash near Reagan National Airport. Business executive Donna Livingston and husband Peter Livingston, who worked in real estate, were both onboard American Airlines Flight 5342 alongside their daughters Everly, 14, and Alydia, 11. The family was returning from a figure skating event in Wichita, Kansas, and heading to their home in Ashburn, Virginia, when their airplane collided in midair with an Army helicopter in an...

The Russian foreign ministry confirmed that three Russian figure skaters died in the collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter at Ronald Reagan National Airport on Wednesday. "According to our embassy, three victims of this plane crash had Russian passports," Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a news briefing, TASS reported.

NEW YORK, Jan 31 (Reuters) - In one of his last TikTok posts before boarding a doomed flight to Washington, 16-year-old Spencer Lane shared with his 47,000 followers a video of a silky smooth triple toe loop he nailed at U.S. National Development Camp in Wichita. It was the sort of move that had earned him his crown as U.S. figure skating's 2025 intermediate sectionals champion, making him one of the top prospects in the sport. As the personalities and ambitions of the young athletes killed on the flight that...

Emotions were running high at The Skating Club of Boston Thursday after six people with ties to the organization died in a plane crash near Reagan International Airport Wednesday night. Among those who spoke were Olympic silver medalist Nancy Kerrigan, who couldn’t hold back tears while talking about the crash. President Donald Trump said there were no survivors after an American Airlines jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter. The plane was carrying 64 people, among them teenage skaters Jinna Han and Spencer Lane, their mothers Jin Han...

The reach of U.S. figure skating is far and wide, and includes many clubs in western Washington. Those clubs, their skaters and families, were saddened to hear the news that 14 in the skating community died when an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night, crashing into the frigid waters of the Potomac River. DETAILS | No survivors after plane collides with Army helicopter, crashes into Potomac near DCA When local skaters hit the ice, hours after learning that over a dozen fellow skaters had died in...

Figure skaters across the United States, including Chicago, were left reeling after members of their community were killed when an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night. Fourteen members of the skating community were aboard the plane as they headed home from a national development camp following the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, which were held Jan. 20-26 in Wichita, Kansas. The invite-only camp is intended for up-and-coming talented youth athletes with Olympics potential.