Multiple figure skaters and coaches who took part in the U.S. Figure Skating Championships were reportedly aboard an airplane that crashed above Washington D.C.

After the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, some young athletes stayed a couple of additional days for further development.

Russian ice skating coaches and former world champions Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were on board the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington on Wednesday night,

Figure skaters, their coaches and family members were on board the flight, the sport's U.S. governing body confirmed early Thursday. “U.S. Figure Skating can confirm that several members of our skating community were sadly aboard American Airlines Flight 5342,

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian ice skating coaches and former world champions Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were on board the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington on Wednesday night,