Nearly half of the passengers on the plane that fatally collided with a military helicopter last week were members of the figure skating community, U.S. Figure Skating said in a statement Monday.

How could they not? At many clubs, skaters spend up to 12 hours a day, six or seven days per week at the facility. In between on-ice sessions, they do fitness work or dance together. They eat and ...

Fourteen people with ties to that ice skating rink were on the American Airlines flight. “Even though everybody is still majorly devastated, it’s a lot of love,” Choreographer Jimmie Manners ...

The European Figure Skating Championships 2025 gets underway in Tallinn, Estonia on January 29. Europe's top figure skaters will compete for medals in men's, women's, pairs skating and ice dance ...

The city had tried for years to host the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, and to get a direct flight to the northeast. By Kevin Draper Reporting from Wichita, Kan. Wichita might be the country ...

ASHBURN, Va. — It was the only house in the cul-de-sac with a skating rink in the backyard. When the freeze set in, Peter Livingston would anchor two-by-fours in the ground behind the house ...

Figure skating community mourns the loss of ‘passionate kids’ on track to reach stardom As the spotlight illuminates the ice, a pair of silver blades flash in the light gliding around the rink.

The mother-daughter pair had traveled from their home in Northern Virginia to Kansas for a training program for the country’s best young figure skaters — a small, elite group that now included ...

Fourteen members of the U.S. figure skating community and their families were on the flight that collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac. Here's what we know Alex Apatoff is the ...

THIS IS A HUGE SHOCK TO MEMBERS OF THE CLUB. SOME RETURNED TO THE ICE TODAY. THE U.S. SYNCHRONIZED SKATING TEAM CAME TOGETHER FOR A GROUP HUG DURING THEIR PRACTICE HERE THIS MORNING. SKATERS SPENT ...

“Such a bright future ahead,” said Larry Strong. A number of figure skaters returning from a youth training camp in Kansas were killed alongside Ms Duggins. Everly and Alydia Livingston spent ...