Former world champions in artistic skating pairs in her national team Russia Gevgenia Siskova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the passenger plane collided With a military helicopter on Wednesday night, Ragan National Airport in Washingtonwhere there are at least 19 dead so far. There were 64 people on the passenger plane while 3 people were on the military helicopter.

“Gevgenia Siskova and Vadim Naumov were on the plane that fell,” said a source from the Russian state -run TASS news agency. Siskova and Naumov, who were married, won the World Championships in Couples in Art in 1994.

Their son, Maxim, who had competed for the US in artistic skating, fears that he was also on the plane, Russian news agencies Tass and RIA reported. He had competed in the American art championship in Kansas, Kansas, from January 20th to January 26th, according to the meeting website.

The couple allegedly returned from the races and traveled with a group of young art athletes. The Russian news media has published a list of 13 athletes of artistic skating, many of whom children of Russian immigrants to the United States, who were believed to be on the plane, was believed to be on the plane.

Ina Voliankaya, a former artistic skating athlete who had competed for the Soviet Union, is also allegedly on the plane, Tass said. She was a coach of the Washington Art Club Club, according to her website.

A American Airlines passenger plane and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed on the Potomak River after colliding in the air yesterday, Wednesday, in the evening (local time) near Ronald Reagan’s National Airport in the American capital.

Meanwhile, the American Federation of Artistic Slotage – the American organization involved in the sport – confirmed in its announcement that Several members of the skating community were on flight 5342 of American Airlines. “These athletes, coaches and members of their families have returned home from the National Development Camp in conjunction with the USA artistic skating championship in Witsita, Kansas,” the statement said. “We are overwhelmed by this untold tragedy and we have the families of the victims in our hearts. We will continue to monitor the situation and give more information as soon as they are available. “

It is noted that Siskova, 52 years old, and Naumov, 55, were the winners of the 1994 World Championships while also winning a silver and bronze medal at the World Couples World Championships, won a silver and four bronze medals at the European Championships. Final of the Grand Prix of the International Union skating for the 1995/96 season. At the end of their career, Siskova and Naumov turned to coaching, living in the US since 1998.