NEW YORK (PIX11) – Russian fig skaters Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard a level that crashed Wednesday successful the Potomac River, according to the Kremlin. 

Shishkova and Naumov were joined and won a 1994 satellite title successful pairs fig skating. The skaters competed for Russia successful the 1992, 1994 and 1998 Olympics, according to the Skating Club of Boston, wherever they are listed arsenic coaches. 

The brace person been coaching since the precocious 1990s aft their title run. In summation to the 1994 win, they took location medals astatine championships worldwide passim the 90s. Both studied successful St. Petersburg, Russia.

"I similar to stock my passionateness and emotion for the athletics of fig skating with my students," Shishkova said successful her coaching bio.

Naumov spoke successful his coaching bio astir coaching his students connected and disconnected the ice. Both erstwhile champions person coached their students done determination and planetary title placement.

"I emotion to make an situation wherever students person amusive portion moving hard. I besides judge that helping and guiding athletes done their affectional challenges, ups and downs during grooming and competing are coach’s responsibilities," helium said.

The pair's decease is simply a devastating stroke to the fig skating community.

"The skating assemblage is tiny - a batch of radical cognize each different oregon cognize of each different What happened past nighttime was devastating," said fig skating expert Jackie Wong. "Please support the families and loved ones of each progressive successful your thoughts. Be bully to 1 another."

The Skating Club of Boston sent athletes to the 2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, which concluded Sunday. The crashed level contained radical coming from the Wichita competition.

A pitchy with 60 passengers and 4 unit members collided with an Army chopper Wednesday portion approaching the Ronald Reagan National Airport adjacent Washington. The aircraft plummeted into the Potomac River. Everyone onboard was feared dead, officials said Thursday.

This communicative comprises reporting from the Associated Press.