A Year After Losing Both Parents In D.C. Plane Crash, Figure Skater Earns Olympic Spot
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Maxim Naumov's parents, who competed for Russia in two Olympics, were among 67 who died in a commercial plane crash last Jan. 29 in Washington, D.C.
While winners from the U.S. figure skating national championships over the weekend in St. Louis had locked up spots to compete in the Winter Olympics, there still was drama in Sunday’s announcement of the U.S. Olympic team.
U.S. Figure Skating revealed the 16 athletes to represent the country at the Milan-Cortina Games next month in Italy, including freshly minted men’s national champion Ilia Malinin, first-time Olympian Amber Glenn in women’s competition and seven-time national titlists Madison Chock and Evan Bates in ice dance.
Maxim Naumov, who finished third behind Malinin’s dominant performance on Saturday, has a legacy in the sport that is heartbreaking.
His parents, who competed for Russia in two Olympics, were among 67 who died in a commercial plane crash last Jan. 29 in Washington, D.C.
Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, who were world champions in pairs figure skating in 1994, became coaches at the Skating Club of Boston.
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