Nicholas LaRoche, the general manager of Gardner Veterans Arena, retired from competitive ice skating in 2009. He said he remembered being roommates with Kirsanov — whom he knew as “Sasha ...

There is no telling what the figure skaters and their coaches and parents who perished in the crash of Flight 5342 were set ...

The last time the event was hosted in St. Louis was 2006, where women's singles skater Sasha Cohen and ice dancing duo Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto took the top spots in their disciplines ...

Once again, figure skaters representing the past, present and future of the sport perished in a catastrophic plane crash.