There has been significant tragedy in the figure skating world this week. On Wednesday evening, an airplane traveling from Wichita, Kansas to Washington, D.C. collided with an American army helicopter. There were 67 fatalities, many of them in the figure skating community as the United States Figure Skating Championships took place in Wichita, Kansas this past weekend. Among those who died included American figure skating hopefuls Spencer Lane, Jinna Han, Angela Yang, Sean Kay, Everly Livingston and Alydia Livingston according to Anna Betts of the Guardian.
Meanwhile, there were four notable former Russian figure skaters, who later became coaches, who also passed away in the plane crash. They include ice dancer Alexandr Kirsanov, world champion pairs figure skaters Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, and pairs figure skater Inna Volyanskaya.
