Maxim Naumov, a 23-year-old figure skater, narrowly avoided tragedy when his parents, Evgenia and Vadim Naumov, were killed in the crash of American Airlines Flight 509 into the Potomac River. Naumov had competed at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita just days before the crash and was already en route back home when the incident occurred. Evgenia and Vadim, both former world champions in pairs skating, were coaches at the U.S. National Development Camp and were returning from the event when their flight crashed.
Figure skater Maxim Naumov boarded a flight out of Wichita just days before his parents were killed when their American Airlines plane crash ed into the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, January 29.
Evgenia, 52, and Vadim, 55 — the 1994 world champions in pairs skating — stayed in Wichita to help coach the U.S. National Development Camp as part of their affiliation with The Skating Club of Boston. Evgenia and Vadim were passionate supporters of their son, according to Zeghibe, though he noted how the parents had distinct ways of watching Maxim perform.
Zeghibe said he was unclear about Maxim’s “next steps,” but noted he’s currently scheduled to compete at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, beginning February 18 in Seoul, South Korea. Evgenia and Vadim were two of six members of the Skating Club of Boston that died in the plane crash. Skaters Spencer Lane and Jin Han, both 16, and their respective mothers, Christine Lane and Jin Han, were also killed.
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