The Topeka Capital-Journal21d
Hosting US Figure Skating event was a win for Wichita. Now marred by tragedy, city mourns
Wichita hosted the 2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championship, which draws skaters and spectators from across the country. A plane crash in Washington, D.C., killed several participants, attendees and ...
‘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. The flight ...
Figure skating community reels from losses of athletes, coaches and family
Former world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the flight from Wichita, which hosted last week’s U.S.championships.
Who won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita? See the top results
Among those athletes competing in Wichita are former and hopefully future Olympians, many of whom are also defending national champions.
The New York Times23d
How the D.C. Plane Crash Shattered Wichita’s Big Dreams of Skating and Flight
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 ...
USA Today23d
In figure skating community, grief of plane crash spans geography and generations
Wong said the incident has had intense emotional ripple effects throughout the figure skating community, in part because so much of that community just convened in Wichita for the national ...
The Business Journals25d
Figure skaters leaving Wichita were on board crashed American Airlines flight
The U.S. Figure Skating Championships were held at Intrust Bank Arena in downtown Wichita from Jan. 20-26. Figure skaters and their families, friends and coaches visiting Wichita for the U.S ...
Nearly half of passengers on fatal flight were members of figure skating community
In a tribute video posted on social media, U.S. Figure Skating identified 11 skaters as being among the victims along with ...
NBC Washington24d
16-year-old figure skater from Virginia, parents among victims of Potomac crash
Cory Haynos, 16, and his parents, Stephanie and Roger, were returning from the U.S. Figure Skating training camp in Wichita, Kansas. “Roger always stood out among all the cousins as just extra ...
2026 Winter Olympic Hopeful: US Figure Skater Ilia Malinin
US national figure skating champion Ilia Malinin just turned 20 in December 2024, one month before winning his third national ...
'Several Members' of U.S. Figure Skating Community Onboard American Airlines Plane That Crashed Over Washington, D.C.
Several members' of the U.S. Figure Skating community were onboard the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.S. Army ...
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Hosting US Figure Skating event was a win for Wichita. Now marred by tragedy, city mourns
At least 10 members of the figure skating community were among the 67 people aboard the two aircraft. All are presumed dead, officials say. In Wichita, the city of half a million people mourned ...