Among those athletes competing in Wichita are former and hopefully future Olympians, many of whom are also defending national champions.

Some skaters, their families, and coaches were on American Airlines Flight 5342 that crashed with a military helicopter on Wednesday night.

Just days after figure skaters, family and coaches from across the United States came together in Wichita, a tragic plane crash has left the U.S. Figure Skating community reeling.

Officials believe there are no survivors after a plane with 64 people aboard crashed into a helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport.

MINOT, N.D. (KMOT) – A pair of athletes with ties to Minot who competed at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas, over the weekend, were not on board the plane that crashed in Washington, DC Wednesday, and are safe at home in Colorado Springs.

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

Two teenage figure skaters, their coaches and family members among 14 members of U.S. figure skating community in deadly plane crash over D.C. airport

The figure skating world is dealing with a major loss after American Airlines flight 5342 crashed with multiple members of the community onboard. During a Thursday, January 30, press conference, The Skating Club of Boston's CEO,

Two teenage figure skaters, their mothers, and two former world champions who were coaching at a historic Boston club were among the 14 members of the skating community killed when an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River.