US EditionMaxim Naumov, Who Lost Parents in DC Plane Crash, Makes Olympics Debut
Maxim Naumov scored 85.65 in a short program at the Milan Cortina Olympics, skating to honor his late parents and continue their shared Olympic dream.
- On Feb. 10, Maxim Naumov will skate the men's short program at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan after earning a spot at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in St. Louis.
- On Jan. 29, 2025, American Airlines Flight 5342 collided midair with a Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, killing 67 people.
- After a period of withdrawal, Maxim Naumov returned in exhibitions last March, took over his parents' 4-to-7-year-old development program at the Skating Club of Boston, changed coaches, and rebuilt key jumps.
- Surrounded by friends and mentors, Naumov carried personal mementos onto the Olympic stage, saying he feels his parents watching over him and relies on support from Gretta Bogdan, Spencer Howe, and Benoît Richard.
- Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov's careers and coaching shaped U.S. skaters, and their 1994 World Figure Skating Championship and two Olympic appearances prompted tributes and fundraising events.
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The couple died in Washington Air Tragedy in January 2025
U.S. Figure Skater Who Lost Both Parents In DC Crash Has Internet In Tears With Emotional Olympic Debut
Fans of Olympic figure skating, the moment we've all been waiting for has finally arrived: Maxim Naumov's Olympic debut.Naumov grew up on the ice at the International Skating Center of Connecticut in Simsbury, where both of his parents coached after their time together in the Olympics.His parents were none other than Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, world champions in pairs figure skating in 1994, and they were tragically killed in the Americ…
US Olympian honors late parents who died in plane crash: ‘Inspired by them since day one’
U.S. figure skater Maxim Naumov honored his late parents, who died in a plane crash in Washington, D.C, in January 2025, during his program on Tuesday at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.
Milano Cortina: Exhibition of the Photo of Dead Parents, Naumov Moves Everyone - Milano Cortina 2026
The U.S. skater lost his family in a plane crash on January 29, 2025 (ANSA)
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