Deceased Russian figure skaters Shishkova and Naumov will be buried in the United States

The 1994 world figure skating champions and coaches Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, who died in a plane crash, will be buried in the United States. This was confirmed in a conversation with "Izvestia" on February 1 by the skaters' coach, Lyudmila Velikova.

It is known that this decision was made by the son of the couple, skater Maxim Naumov, who plays for the U.S. national team. The 23-year-old athlete lives in Boston. Parents of the deceased athletes live in St. Petersburg, adds "RIA Novosti".

Interrupted flight: Russian figure skaters were among the dead in the plane crash in the USA

Yevgeniya Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were on board, the names of the other passengers are being investigated

Earlier in the day it was reported that the son of the deceased skaters, Maxim Naumov, in connection with the family tragedy withdrew from participation in the championship of four continents in Seoul. In the application lists on the website of the International Skating Union (ISU), his name is listed not in the main squad, but as a reserve participant.

Before that, on January 31, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova confirmed that three Russians were killed in the plane crash in Washington. We are talking about athletes Evgenia Shishkova, Vadim Naumov and Inna Volyanskaya, who worked in the United States as figure skating coaches. There is also data that another victim had a Russian passport, these data are in the process of verification.

On the same day, Naumov's mother told the media that divers after the crash managed to find the body of the deceased figure skater Shishkova. Naumov's body has not yet been found. The woman added that the couple's son Maxim is at the scene of the tragedy.

On the night of January 30, near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, a passenger plane American Airlines and a military helicopter Black Hawk collided, after the accident they fell into the Potomac River. A total of 60 passengers and four crew members were aboard the plane. There were three military personnel in the helicopter. US President Donald Trump reported no survivors of the airplane crash. According to the latest data, 41 bodies were found, of which 28 were identified.

Tatyana Tarasova, the USSR's honored figure skating coach, called the news from Washington terrible. In Tallinn, Estonia, the second day of the European Figure Skating Championships began with a minute of silence in memory of those killed in the airplane crash. On January 31, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the United States and Russia had been in contact through diplomatic channels after the plane crash.