Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov have been a Russian determine skating pair who competed in a number of Olympic Video games and medaled in a number of world championships.
The Kremlin mentioned Thursday the determine skating stars have been amongst these aboard an American Airways flight that collided with a U.S. Military helicopter close to Reagan Worldwide Airport on Wednesday night time.
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Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov have been killed in a aircraft crash, the Kremlin mentioned. (Reuters)
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned Shishkova and Naumov have been on the aircraft.
“Sadly, we see that this unhappy data is being confirmed. There have been different fellow residents there. Unhealthy information as we speak from Washington. We’re sorry and ship condolences to the households and buddies who misplaced these of our fellow residents who died within the aircraft crash,” he mentioned.
It was Naumov’s coach who launched the pair in 1985, wanting them to work collectively regardless of Naumov rebuffing the concept at first. They started to work collectively in 1987 and competed and received bronze within the 1991 European Championships whereas representing the previous Soviet Union. The pair would go on to win two extra bronze and silver medals within the occasion.
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From left to proper, in pairs are silver medalists Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov of Russia, gold medalists Radka Kovarikova and Rene Novotny of the Czech Republic, and bronze medalists Jenni Meno and Todd Sand of the USA. (Reuters)
Shishkova and Naumov earned accolades on the world stage as nicely. On the 1993 World Championships, the 2 earned a bronze medal. The next yr in Chiba, Japan, the 2 picked up their first gold medal. They completed with a silver in 1995 in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
The pair competed within the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, France, and the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. They completed in fifth in 1992 and fourth in 1994.
Shishkova and Naumov married in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 1995, they usually moved to Connecticut. They’d a son, Maxim, who competed in males’s singles within the U.S.
German runner-ups within the pairs Mandy Wotzel, left, and Ingo Steuer (2nd L) with winners Evgenia Shishkova, proper, and Vadim Naumov wave to followers within the awarding ceremony of the NHK Trophy Determine Skating Grand Prix in Nagoya, Japan. (Reuters)
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The Russian pair have been listed as skilled pairs coaches on the Skating Membership of Boston’s web site.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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