National Geographic news4d
Athletes are going faster, higher, and farther—thanks to technology and smarts
In the late 1960s, figure skater Audrey King Weisiger finished ... Coming up in the sport about the same time as 1976 Olympic champion Dorothy Hamill, Weisiger was surrounded by young women ...
Kansas City Star8d
‘Clouded in tragedy‘: KC skating coach reflects on loss of coach known since childhood
Bonnie Lewis, a figure skating coach with the Kansas City Figure Skating Club, speaking at the Kansas City Ice Center, about those in the figure skating community who were killed in a plane crash ...
New York Post7d
Teen ice skater, 14, shares future ambitions in heartbreaking video before dying alongside sister, 11, and parents in DC plane collision
A teenage figure skater who was aboard the doomed American Airlines flight that came crashing down in flames Wednesday night shared her hopes to represent Team USA in a video before her tragic death.
The New York Times7d
The Skater Who Stuck a Triple Axel Before Boarding the Flight
Cory Haynos was among several budding figure-skating stars who died in the plane crash near Reagan National Airport. By Juliet Macur Jenna Russell and Jack Healy The trip to the U.S. Figure ...
USA Today8d
Figure skaters from US, Russia among those aboard doomed plane that crashed near DC
At least 10 members of the figure skating community were among the 60 passengers on the commercial jet that collided with a military helicopter in the skies near Reagan Washington National Airport ...
USA Today6d
In figure skating community, grief of plane crash spans geography and generations
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 ...
Us Weekly9d
Figure Skating Community Speaks Out After Potomac River Plane Crash: See Their Tributes
Several figure skaters have spoken out after American Airlines Flight 5342 crashed into the Potomac River. News broke on Wednesday, January 29, that the airplane, which departed from Kansas ...
The Washington Post8d
Figure skating community reels from losses of athletes, coaches and family
The country’s figure skating community mourned Thursday in the wake of news that young athletes, coaches and family members made up as much as a third of the 60 passengers on the American ...
Page Six8d
Figure skating legends Tara Lipinski, Nancy Kerrigan, Adam Rippon and more speak on ‘unimaginable’ DC plane crash
The US figure skating community is mourning the loss of the multiple athletes who died in the tragic Washington, DC, plane crash on Wednesday night. “My heart is broken for our skating community ...
Awful Announcing8d
Legendary figure skater and commentator Dick Button passes away at 95
Dick Button, a two-time Olympic gold medal-winning figure skater and longtime commentator on the sport, has passed away. Jon Lewis of Sports Media Watch shared the news of Button’s passing ...
Wichita Eagle8d
‘We are devastated’: Members of US Figure Skating community were on Wichita plane in crash
Several coaches and skaters with the United States figure skating team were on the flight from Wichita to Washington, D.C., that crashed Wednesday night, according to U.S. Figure Skating.