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Within days of the tragedy, the U.S. Figure Skating Executive Committee established the 1961 U.S. Figure Skating Memorial Fund to honor the 18 team members and their entourage who died in the crash. [22] The fund's mission was to help rebuild the U.S. figure skating program [4] by providing financial support for promising young skaters. [5]
For many in the skating community, including Albright and Fleming, the tragedy immediately brought back memories of the last aviation disaster that hit the sport: A plane crash on Feb. 15, 1961 ...
An entire U.S. figure skating team died in a plane crash on Feb. 15, 1961. The plane, Sabena Flight 548, was carrying the team to the World Figure Skating Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
On Feb. 15, 1961, the entire U.S. figure skating team died in a plane crash in Belgium on its way to the that year's world championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
The exact number of victims with figure skating ties is still unknown, but the entire sport was already grieving a loss that had echoes to the 1961 plane crash that killed the U.S. figure skating ...
800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. ... other figure skating officials. The Olympic gold medalist ... last night's horrific plane crash include former competitive figure skater and ...
Figure skating coach Inna Volyanskaya, 59, was among the skaters and coaches aboard the plane that collided with a military helicopter Wednesday night, according to Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Virginia.
The U.S. figure skating community suffered unique losses in last week's plane crash in Washington, D.C., and now former Olympic champion Evan Lysacek is sharing his heartache