For the next eight decades, the utilitarian barn on the banks of the Charles River was one of the centers of American figure skating, training Button and fellow Olympic champion Tenley Albright, Olympic medalists Nancy Kerrigan and Paul Wylie and scores of U.S. champions.
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Meet the 14 Young Skaters from the U.S. Figure Skating Team on the American Airlines FlightTwo teenage skaters, their moms, and two former world champions who trained at a historic Boston club were among the 14 members of the skating community.
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Sportscaster Dick Button, First Man To Win 2 Olympic Gold Medals In Figure Skating, DiesDick Button, the first man to win two gold medals in figure skating at the Olympics before becoming a popular sportscaster, has died. He was 95 years old. Button, a longtime New York resident, died at his Ice Pond Farm in Northern Westchester County's North Salem.
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The figure skaters who died in Wednesday’s plane crash are mourned not just because they were young and talented but because, to anyone associated with the sport, they are part of the family.
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After the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, some young athletes stayed a couple of additional days for further development.
The Skating Club of Boston lost two coaches, two young skaters and their two mothers in the deadly crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 in Washington, D.C.
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Triangle figure skating community in mourning following fatal plane crash in DCRALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Central North Carolina has a close knit figure skating community that was rocked by a horrific tragedy on Wednesday. A Triangle figure skating coach told ABC11 that Thursday has been a day of grieving.
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D.C. Plane Crash Has Eerie Parallels to 1961 Event That Killed Entire U.S. Skating TeamDavid Madison/Getty Images The American Airlines flight that killed 14 figure skaters after colliding with an Army helicopter has strikingly similar parallels to a 1961 collision that killed the entire U.
The Skating Club of Boston suffered its second aviation catastrophe after a tragic airplane collision claimed the lives of six club members.
After the camp, they boarded an American Airlines regional jet on Wednesday evening, planning to fly home to Massachusetts via Washington DC. They were among the 60 passengers killed when the jet had a mid-air collision with a helicopter and fell into the Potomac River.
Air travel accidents in sports are rare, but they have had devastating impacts on national programs, amateur teams and professional clubs.
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