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US skater Maxim Naumov makes emotional Olympic debut one year after losing parents in plane crash
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (631+ words) Former pairs world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were among the 67 people killed " more than two dozen of them members of the figure skating community " when American Airlines Flight 5342 crashed into a military helicopter on approach to Ronald Reagan…...
Ilia Malinin clinches back-to-back Olympic gold medals for US in team figure skating
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (657+ words) The 21-year-old nicknamed the "Quad God" landed five quadruple jumps and scored 200. 03 points for his free skate, atoning for his mediocre short program " at least by his lofty standards " one night earlier. Sato followed him with three quads in his…...