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 ...
“These athletes, coaches, and family members were returning home from the National Development Camp held in conjunction with the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas,” a ...
On Feb. 15, 1961, the entire U.S. figure skating team died in a plane crash in Belgium on its way to the that year's world championships in Prague ... originated in Wichita, Kansas, the site ...
Wichita, Kansas, had hosted several high-profile skating ... which was en route to a competition in Prague. That crash had long-reaching implications for figure skating in the U.S., Zeghibe ...
Bonnie Lewis, a figure skating coach with the Kansas City Figure Skating Club ... passengers on board American Eagle flight 5342 from Wichita to Washington D.C. Wednesday which collided mid ...
Once again, figure skaters representing the past, present and future of the sport perished in a catastrophic plane crash.
The camp serves as a launchpad for athletes vying for their spot on Team USA in the upcoming world championships.
For the next eight decades, the utilitarian barn on the banks of the Charles River was one of the centers of American figure skating, training Button and fellow Olympic champion Tenley Albright, ...
“These athletes, coaches, and family members were returning home from the National Development Camp held in conjunction with the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas,” a statement ...