Determine skater Maxim Naumov made the United State’s Winter Olympics crew almost a yr after his dad and mom had been killed within the 2025 crash between an American Airways flight and an Military Black Hawk helicopter within the skies above Washington D.C.
The 24-year-old clinched his spot on the crew Sunday.
“Dream come true ✨ Maxim Naumov is headed to his first Winter Olympics,” learn a social media publish Sunday from the official Group USA account.
Maxim Naumav celebrates after skating in Making the Group: Introduced by Xfinity, an exhibition after the 2026 United States Determine Skating Championships on the Enterprise Heart on January 11, 2026 in St Louis, Missouri. ( (Photograph by Matthew Stockman/Getty Photos)
His dad and mom, former 1994 World Determine Skating Pairs Champions Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova — who moved to the U.S. in 1998 to educate on the Skating Membership of Boston — had been among the many 67 individuals killed within the crash that plunged the wreckage into the Potomac River. One other 26 athletes, coaches or dad and mom related to U.S. determine skating and getting back from a growth coaching camp for youthful skaters in Wichita, Kan., had been killed.
This month through the U.S. Determine Skating Championships Naumov held up a photograph of himself together with his Russian dad and mom whereas ready for his scores after the quick program. Naumov completed third, behind U.S. champion Ilia Malinin and runner-up Andrew Torgashev.
Maxim Naumav skates in Making the Group: Introduced by Xfinity, an exhibition after the 2026 United States Determine Skating Championships on the Enterprise Heart on January 11, 2026 in St Louis, Missouri. ( (Photograph by Matthew Stockman/Getty Photos)
“My parents, what we talked about and how much we discussed this through my entire life, and how much it means to us, and how much the Olympics is part of our family,” Naumov mentioned in an announcement. “I thought of them immediately. I wish they could be here to experience it with me, but I do feel their presence and they are with me.”
Naumov was the U.S. junior champion in 2020 and is a three-time pewter medalist (4th place) at main U.S. competitions.
The Winter Olympics in Milan start Feb. 6.
