The coaches were Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova. But we're fortunate and grateful it wasn't more than six. This will have long, reaching impacts for our skating community," Zeghibe told reporters at a news conference at the club's headquarters in Norwood, Massachusetts. President Trump said there were no survivors. The group was returning home from the National Development Camp that was held in connection with the recent U. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita. I think for all of us, we have lost family," Zeghibe told reporters.
Zeghibe said Spencer Lane was "incredibly talented" and "rocketing to the top of the sport. Lane and his mother lived in Barrington, Rhode Island. The superintendent of schools said he left Barrington High School in "to pursue a promising career in figure skating. Spencer was a talented and driven young athlete with a bright future, and this is an unimaginable loss," Superintendent Robert Wargo said in a statement.
Figure skaters from the club who competed at the national championships in Kansas said Lane and Han were the " next generation. Wonderful parents. Great competitor. Loved by all," Zeghibe said of the year-old from Mansfield, Massachusetts. That is for certain.
How we commemorate them here we haven't gotten to that point to discuss, but we certainly will. Just definitely very important and well loved members of our community. The coaches, Naumov and Shishkova, were married, lived in Norwood and were both born in Russia. They won the world championship in pairs skating in They also competed in the Olympics twice, in in Albertville, France where they placed fifth and in in Lillehammer, Norway where they finished fourth.
Both had been coaching for more than 20 years, according to their profiles on The Skating Club of Boston's website. Very popular with families.
