{"id":10413,"date":"2026-03-15T17:40:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=10413"},"modified":"2026-03-15T17:40:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:40:41","slug":"hours-after-saying-goodbye-at-the-airport-his-parents-died-in-a-devastating-plane-crash-one-year-later-he-stepped-onto-the-olympic-stage-to-finish-the-dream-they-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=10413","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHOURS AFTER SAYING GOODBYE AT THE AIRPORT, HIS PARENTS DIED IN A DEVASTATING PLANE CRASH \u2014 ONE YEAR LATER, HE STEPPED ONTO THE OLYMPIC STAGE TO FINISH THE DREAM THEY STARTED.\u201d Few stories in figure skating are as heartbreaking \u2014 or as powerful \u2014 as the journey of Maxim Naumov. He is the son of legendary Russian pair skaters Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, the 1994 world champions who also competed twice at the Olympics. In January 2025, after finishing fourth at the U.S. Championships, Maxim left Wichita on an earlier flight. His parents followed on a later one. But that flight never made it \u2014 the plane collided with a military helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River, killing 67 people and devastating the skating community. The loss shattered him. But Maxim believed his parents would want him to keep skating. For the next year, he trained relentlessly \u2014 turning grief into determination. Then on January 11, the impossible happened: he secured his place at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, fulfilling the Olympic dream his parents always believed he would achieve. WATCH FULL PERFORMANCE BELOW\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"

Figure skater Maxim Naumov was destined for greatness. His parents, Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, won the World Championship in pairs figure skating in 1994 and competed twice for Russia at the Olympic Games. In January 2025, he left Wichita, Kansas, on a flight following his fourth-place finish at the U.S. championship. His parents took a later American Airlines flight that crashed into a military helicopter and then into the Potomac River. Tragically, 67 people died, and 28 had connections to U.S. figure skating. The deaths devastated many, including Maxim. But he knew that his parents would want him to keep skating. He dedicated the next year to training, improving, and getting to the\u00a0Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. On January 11, that dream came true.<\/p>\n

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