Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov have been a Russian skiing husband competing in multiple Olympic Games And the medal in the world's multiple championships.
The Kremlin said on Thursday that ice ski stars were among those on a US lines flight to collide with a US army helicopter near Reagan International Airport Wednesday night.
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Shishkova and Numov were on board.
Unfortunately, we see that this sad information is confirmed. There were other citizens there. Bad news today From Washington. We regret and send condolences to families and friends who lost our fellow citizens who died in the crash. “
It was the Naultov coach who presented the husband in 1985, and he wanted them to work together although Nauv refused the idea at first. They started working together in 1987 and won the bronze in the European Championship in 1991 while representing the former Soviet Union. The couple will continue to win other bronze and silver medals in this event.
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Shishkova and Nauvv awards for the world stage as well. In the 1993 World Championship, the two won the bronze medal. The following year in Chiba, Japan, the two picked their first gold medal. They finished silver in 1995 in Birmingham, UK.
The husband competed in the 1992 Olympics in Albeerville, France, and the 1994 Olympiad in Lailam, Norway. They finished fifth in 1992 and fourth in 1994.
Shechkova and Numov married St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1995, and they moved to Connecticut. They had a son, Maxis, who competed in the individual men in the United States
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The Russian husband was listed as professional pairs coaches on the skiing site on the ski site in Boston.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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