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Figure skating legend Dick Button dies

NBC Sports on MSN · 2h

Dick Button, first U.S. Olympic figure skating gold medalist, dies at 95

Dick Button, the legendary figure skater who became the first American to win Olympic gold in the sport, died Thursday at age 95 of natural causes, according to U.S. Figure Skating. In 1948, Button, then 18,

USA TODAY Sports on MSN · 11h

Dick Button, US figure skating pioneer, will always be 'godfather of this sport'

Dick Button, a two-time Olympic champion in figure skating, embodied the sport. He is the 'godfather of this sport,' Tara Lipinski once said.

The Associated Press – Sports o… · 3h

Dick Button dies at 95; men’s figure skating legend was well-known Olympic commentator

In addition to winning two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, he helped transform a niche sport into the showpiece of every Winter Olympics.

Figure skating community in shock

NBC Sports · 17h

Members of U.S. figure skating community were on flight that collided with Army helicopter

"Several members" of the U.S. figure skating community were on American Airlines Flight 5342, according to U.S. Figure Skating.

The Associated Press – Sports … · 18h

Plano’s Amber Glenn, figure skating community ‘heartbroken’ by Washington plane crash

Amber Glenn, a 25-year-old from Plano who defended her U.S. figure skating championship last week in Wichita, was also among the community within the sport devastated by the news. “I’m in complete shock. I’m sorry I don’t even know what to say,” Glenn posted to Instagram on Thursday morning.

Figure skating community left reeling after many killed in plane crash near Washington, DC

As of Thursday night, 14 of those killed have been linked to the skating community, including members from clubs in the Washington area, Boston and Philadelphia. The Figure Skating Club of Omaha said the tragedy marks a horrific day for every family involved and the sport as a whole.

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North Texas community mourns as tragedy strikes U.S. Figure skating community as victims identified in D.C. plane crash

U.S. Figure Skating is confirming several members of its skating community are among the victims of the Washington D.C. plane ...

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Figure skating performances of DC plane crash victims

A pair of young figure skaters, their mothers, and two Russian coaches were among the 60 passengers on board the jet.

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Married World Figure Skating Champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov Killed in American Airlines Crash

Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, the 1994 World Figure Skating champions in pairs representing Russia, were among the 64 ...

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2 figure skaters from The Skating Club of Boston, their mothers and coaches among D.C. plane crash victims

The Skating Club of Boston lost two coaches, two young skaters and their two mothers in the deadly crash of American Airlines ...

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European figure skating championships carry on, overshadowed by deadly mid-air collision in US

The European figure skating championships have carried on, even as the skating world mourned athletes who died when an ...

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Watch: Tara Lipinski, Nancy Kerrigan, others react to figure skating tragedy

Figure skating luminaries reacted Thursday to the deadly plane crash that claimed the lives of several youth figure skaters, ...

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