"ST. LOUIS -- World champions Ilia Malinin and the ice dance duo of Madison Chock and Evan Bates will anchor one of the strongest U.S. Figure Skating teams in history when they head to Italy for the Milan Cortina Olympics in less than a month. Malinin, fresh off his fourth straight national title, will be the prohibitive favorite to follow in the footsteps of Nathan Chen by delivering another men's gold medal for the American squad when he steps on the ice at the Milano Ice Skating Arena."
"Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova were returning from a talent camp in Kansas when their American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter and crashed into the icy Potomac River in January 2025. One of the last conversations they had with their son was about what it would take for him to follow in their footsteps by becoming an Olympian. "We absolutely did it," Naumov said. "Every day, year after year, we talked about the Olympics.""
U.S. Figure Skating named a 16-athlete Olympic team anchored by Ilia Malinin and ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates. Malinin, coming off a fourth straight national title, stands as the prohibitive favorite to pursue a men's Olympic gold. Chock and Bates won a record seventh U.S. title and are among the medal contenders alongside world champion Alysa Liu and women's champion Amber Glenn. The men's roster includes Andrew Torgashev and Maxim Naumov. Naumov fulfilled the hopes of his late parents after their January 2025 flight collision; he recounted their conversations about becoming an Olympian and said, "We absolutely did it."
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