The Daily Telegraph6d
Helicopter crash quashes hopes of a new generation of figure skaters
Figure skating ... the jagged toe of his blade to propel him 2ft high, spinning three times in 0.7 seconds before landing smoothly backwards on the other leg. The triple flip is a jump most ...
Teacher says teen skater killed in Wichita flight crash was a ‘bright light of pure joy’
Rising teen figure skater Edward Zhou, 16, and his parents are among those believed to have been killed when a military helicopter crashed into American Airlines Flight 5342 from ...
National Geographic news3d
Athletes are going faster, higher, and farther—thanks to technology and smarts
In the late 1960s, figure skater Audrey King ... and triples—and finally, quadruple jumps. He was the first American to attempt a quad toe loop at the U.S. national championship in 1997.
Adam Siao Him Fa’s reign as European figure skating champion ends with upset win for Britschgi
Adam Siao Him Fa’s bid to win the European men’s figure skating title three years running has ended with a bronze medal after ...
Time3d
A Plane Crash Devastates The Figure Skating Community—Again
Hughes is the most recent American to win the Olympic Gold Medal in Women’s Figure Skating. She is a graduate of Yale University, the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Stanford’s Graduate ...
USA Today4d
Nearly half of passengers on fatal flight were members of figure skating community
Nearly half of the passengers on the plane that fatally collided with a military helicopter last week were members of the figure skating community, U.S. Figure Skating said in a statement Monday.
Fox News6d
Figure skating community mourns the loss of legend Dick Button in the wake of D.C. plane crash tragedy
Button was one of the most accomplished men’s figure skaters. He was the first to land a double axel and triple jump in competition, both leading to victory at the Olympics. After his skating ...
NBC Sports4d
Remembering 28 U.S. figure skating community members who died on flight 5342
The U.S. figure skating community lost 28 members in the American Airlines ... ‘Oh my god, I landed a triple (jump),’ or, ‘Oh my god, I did this and this,’ and I always felt so happy that I could ...
USA Today6d
In figure skating community, grief of plane crash spans geography and generations
In the outskirts of Boston, the leader of a storied figure skating club choked back tears. Yet as the figure skating community continued to grapple with the deaths of more than 15 skaters ...
Reuters5d
U.S. Figure Skating: 28 people on crashed plane tied to sport
Samuel Auxier, the interim CEO of U.S. Figure Skating, issued a statement Sunday verifying the number and remembering those killed. "Since the tragic crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 late ...
The Boston Globe5d
Watch US Figure Skating’s emotional tribute to crash victims, including Skating Club of Boston members
US Figure Skating posted an emotional tribute Monday to the victims of last week’s tragic airplane crash in Washington, D.C., which included a number of members of the figure skating community.