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An entire U.S. figure skating team died in a plane crash on Feb. 15, 1961. The plane, Sabena Flight 548, was carrying the team to the World Figure Skating Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
[8] [3] The two began skating together in December 2015. [9] Observing the tryout, the coaches believed that the skaters would make a good match due to similar technique and body types. [10] Alexandrovskaya was released by Russia after a request from the Australian skating association, with help from Mozer. [4]
Within days of the tragedy, the U.S. Figure Skating Executive Committee established the 1961 U.S. Figure Skating Memorial Fund to honor the 18 team members and their entourage who died in the crash. [22] The fund's mission was to help rebuild the U.S. figure skating program [4] by providing financial support for promising young skaters. [5]
The Skating Club of Boston also lost six members of their community in the plane crash, including 16-year-old figure skaters Spencer Lane and Jinna Han. Figure Skater, 12, Who Died in D.C. Plane ...
Scott Hamilton was brought to tears on the Friday, Jan. 31 episode of the Today show as he reflected on the loss the U.S. figure skating community is feeling after the tragic D.C. plane crash that ...
U.S. Figure Skating/YouTube Hours before her death, 12-year-old figure skater Olivia Ter was busy taking a step back in time. Ter, who died in the Wednesday, January 29 plane crash above ...
U.S. figure skater Nancy Kerrigan during the 1994 Winter Olympics, in which she won the silver medal. Jerome Prevost via Getty Images While speaking to reporters, Kerrigan was clearly heartbroken ...
Olympic figure skater and former world champion Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya died on Friday in Moscow after falling out of a sixth-floor window, according to the AFP. She was 20.