"Fulfilling the dream that we collectively had as a family since I first was on the ice at five years old It means absolutely everything,"
"And I know they're looking down, smiling, and proud."
"It was a very productive, emotional and just inspiring conversation,"
"My dad said that we have to change our mindset, we have to get more consistent in the areas that we talked about and just overall have a resilient attitude to the entire approach of the season."
Max Naumov won a bronze medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in January and earned a spot on the Olympic team. He was 24 and described the victory as fulfilling a family dream that began when he first skated at age five. His parents, Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, were renowned Russian-born pairs skaters who coached at the Skating Club of Boston and died on Jan. 29, 2025, when a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines regional jet at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The collision killed 67 people and included 28 members of the figure skating community. Naumov recalled a final, emotional strategy conversation with his parents after nationals the previous year, when his mother was ill and his father urged a mindset change toward consistency and resilience.
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