Numerous figure skaters and backgrounds died in the Washington Flight Country.
- At least six people from the Boston club died in Washington’s airplane accident.
- Born in Kouvola, Alisa Efimova skated just a few days ago with her teammates.
- This is not the first time a flight crash shocks US figure skating.
Numerous figure skaters, their coaches and parents died in the Washington DC airplane accident. Estimates of the number of victims vary.
According to NBC The person who joined the 14 figure skating is believed to have died in Turma. Russian news agency Tass In turn, he says that there would have been eight skaters and four coaches.
The skating club SC of Boston confirmed Finnish time on Thursday evening that six of its members were dead. Their lives lost skaters Spencer Lane and Jinna Hantheir mother Christine Lane and Jin Han as well as world championships in pairing Yevgenia shshkova and Vadim Naumov.
Šškova and Naumov coached the Boston team.
– This is a huge loss for our community, the club’s CEO Doug zeghibe Comment.
The wreck of the aircraft ended up in the river. EPA/AOP
The American Airlines flight, which collided with a helicopter, was coming from Kansas Wichita, where the US Championships in Figure Skating were held this weekend. After the Games, some of the competitors stayed in a development camp in the city.
Pairing the US Championship won Misha mitrofanov and Alisa Ephimova Departed from the Games as early as Monday.
Ephimova is an ex skizer Marina Shiršova Daughter and born in Kouvola. He represented Finland until 2014, after which he moved to Moscow.
Today, Ephimova and Mitrofanov are skating on the Boston team.
– We weren’t on a flight with my partner. Misha and I returned from Wichita on Monday, Efimova comments Match for TV.
– Several members of our team were on that flight. We try to support their families, Mitrofanov comments To Championat.
Another tragedy
Alisa Efimova previously represented Finland. Archive picture. EPA/AOP
According to Russian media Championat, his life would have lost eight figure skaters and three coaches. According to the Russian site, skaters also Franco Aparicio, Everly and Alydia Livingston, Shawn kay mixed Angela Young are dead.
Also identified has also represented the Soviet Union, and then became a coach Inna Voljanskaya.
In 1994, Jevgenia Šichkova and Vadim Naumov, who coached in Boston, won the World Championship gold in 1994. They participated in the Olympics in 1992 and 1994.
The couple moved to Connecticut in 1998 and got Maximboy in 2001. They started as coaches for the Boston Society in 2017.
Washington’s accident is not the first time that SC of Boston and US figure skating are touched by tragedy. The US national team was on its way to the World Cup in 1961, but the plane fell in Brussels just before landing.
None of the 72 passengers survived.
– Almost half of the passengers were from this company. It had long -term effects on the club and the whole sport in the United States. When you lose such coaches, you will also lose the future of the sport, says SC of Boston’s Zeghibe For NBC.
– It seems to me that the Boston Skating Club has only now survived the shadow of the 1961 accident. That’s why this is particularly shocking, he continues.
This is known
Yevgenia Shškova and Vadim Naumov won the World Championship in 1994. Aop
The American Airlines passenger plane, who arrived at Washington DC, collided with a helicopter on a training flight on an early Thursday morning. Both a helicopter and an airplane fell into the Potomac River.
The cause of the accident is not clear.
The helicopter and aircraft had a total of 67 people. They are all believed to be dead. So far, 28 deaths have been found on site.
Skater Jon Maravillan was supposed to be on a dropped airplane, but coincidence saved his life.
– The check -in counter officer said my dog was too big for the cabin, even if it was our return flight. We decided to continue our journey by car, the skater continued, Championat reports Maravilla told Ria Novost.
According to Tass Thursday of the Figure Skating European Championships began at a quiet moment. The races are held in Tallinn.
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On the ride
In ice dance competing Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko were on the fallen flight on the passenger list. However, Carreira told her Instagram account stories that the duo was not in the crash machine.
– We have received a lot of worried messages. We weren’t on the machine. We are both at home and safe, Carreira wrote.
– This morning, our hearts were broken for all the families that this affects, he continued.
The couple won the ice dance in the US silver over the weekend.