Among those athletes competing in Wichita are former and hopefully future Olympians, many of whom are also defending national champions.
The Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships air live this week from Wichita, Kansas, on NBC Sports, USA Network and Peacock. The field includes every national champion from last January: Ilia Malinin, Amber Glenn, ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates and the pairs’ team of Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea.
At least a dozen figure skaters, coaches and their family members were on the plane that crashed near Washington, D.C., including two teenage competitors and a Russian husband-and-wife coaching duo.
U.S. Figure Skating announced that 'several members of our skating community' were on the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River
"Several” members of U.S. Figure Skating, including athletes, coaches and family members, were on the American Airlines plane, the organization said.
The U.S. worlds team was chosen during the U.S. national championships in Wichita over the weekend, and skaters are starting to put together their resume for the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics next February.
Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight included figure skaters returning from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Skating Club of Boston CEO and Executive Director Doug Zeghibe said Thursday six people associated with the club were on the American Airlines flight.
Multiple figure skaters and coaches who took part in the U.S. Figure Skating Championships were reportedly aboard an airplane that crashed above Washington D.C.
An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members has collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River.
The victims from The Skating Club of Boston have been identified as two teens, Spencer Lane and Jinna Han, their mothers, Molly Lane and Jin Han, and two coaches, Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, former Russian world champions.