Coach Alexandr Kirsanov and skaters Angela Yang and Sean Kay were on the plane, Kirsanov's wife, Natalia Gudin confirmed.

It may be days before all the victims are identified, and perhaps weeks or months before the cause of the collision of an American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army helicopter is determined, but for now the only certainty for the region’s figure skating community is an enduring sense of “immense grief.

Two highly-regarded Russian figure skating coaches whose son recently finished fourth at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships were among those feared dead after an American Airlines flight collided w

U.S. Figure Skating is confirming several members of its skating community are among the victims of the Washington D.C. plane crash. One local figure skater said she knows firsthand just how much these individuals meant to the sport.