"Bad news from Washington," said Dmitry Peskov, referring to reports from ... The downed plane was reported to have the 1994 world figure skating champions Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov ...

"Several” members of U.S. Figure Skating, including athletes, coaches and family members, were on the American Airlines plane, the organization said.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the Russian figure skaters were on board the crashed American Airlines plane.

Former world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the flight from Wichita, which hosted last week’s U.S.championships.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed Thursday morning that ... a statement of condolences Thursday. “The Russian Figure Skating Federation, Russian skaters, coaches, judges and experts ...

Perhaps a dozen or more elite figure skaters were ... retirement from competitive skating, according to Tass. They were working as coaches for skaters that included the Russian national team. Kremlin ...

The Skating Club of Boston lists them as coaches. Their son, Maxim Naumov, is a competitive figure skater for the U.S. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Shishkova and Naumov were ...

U.S. Figure Skating, the American governing body for ... said the Kremlin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov. “We are devastated by this unspeakable tragedy and hold the victims’ families closely ...

Officials believe there are no survivors following a crash in DC between a passenger plane and an Army helicopter.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed Thursday morning that ... a throw during the pairs short competition at the World Figure Skating competition in Edmonton, Alberta, March 19, 1996.