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U.S. Figure Skating can confirm that several members of our skating community were sadly aboard American Airlines Flight 5342, which collided with a helicopter yesterday evening in Washington, D.C.,
U.S. Figure Skating said in a statement They all have these red jackets, so you can really, really identify this community during the competition, which helps me personally a lot to bring a lot of joy into skating,
The camp basically brings them in for the championships so that they can watch, for example, Jimmy, or at least an ice skate at a championship level,
Watching these kids skate and watching their fire and love for the sport, that’s what helped us to, honestly, continue training,
The potential that they showed on the ice and the capabilities they had at such a young age showed that they had promise for the future of this sport,
Mitrofanov, whose partner is Efimova, told reporters Thursday Their meticulousness in developing young skaters is almost unparalleled,
In his home club in Boston, he was just loved by everyone from the adults running the club to the smallest skaters to the people that are competing for a shot at the Olympics,
Douglas Lane told WPRI in Providence, Rhode Island I’m heartbroken by the tragic loss of my fellow skaters in this devastating accident,
said reigning world champion Ilia Malinin, who won his third consecutive national title in Wichita Skaters are resilient, and they want to skate,
We came here because we needed to be together,
1956 Olympic champion Tenley Albright said while standing in a rink outside Boston that is named for her I am so happy to have qualified for national development camp,
Lane said in an Instagram post Wednesday Like today, 1961 was a tragic moment. The day the music stopped, very much like this,
said former USOC vice president Paul George, who was the American pairs champion the following year Everything you've heard about them being a little tough — but with a smile on their face,
We just wanted to be here and be part of our community,
Almost half of everybody on board that plane (in 1961) were from this club. It had long, long reaching implications for the skating club and for the sport in this country, because when you lose coaches like this, you lose the future of the sport as well,
The Han family, we watched Jin just grow up here from just a tiny little tike into this amazingly mature 13-year-old,
I really can’t believe that it happened, because I picture them right here,
Albright said, pointing to the rink Going through something tragic, not like this but myself, the community stood behind me,
We will honor the athletes, honor the families,
The Russian Figure Skating Federation, Russian skaters, coaches, judges and experts are shocked and deeply saddened by the tragedy which has occurred in Washington,
the federation said in a statement
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