U.S. figure skating legends Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir opened part of Thursday's European Figure Skating Championships with a tearful tribute to the victims of Wednesday night's American Airlines plane crash,

Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski broke down while discussing the American Airlines crash after a moment of silence at the European Championships.

Figure skating legend Tara Lipinski is mourning the tragic loss of multiple athletes following the catastrophic plane crash in D.C.

Hours after a plane crash tragically took the lives of U.S. Figure Skating members, Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir were calling the European Figure Skating Championships, and they opened the broadcast with an emotional tribute.

"So many of our own were on this tragic flight and my heart aches," Lipinski wrote The figure skating community is mourning an unimaginable tragedy following a devastating plane crash that claimed the lives of multiple athletes,

Figure skating broadcasters Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir were emotional in discussing the plane crash that is presumed to have taken the lives of many skaters.

As news trickled out about the victims of the Washington D.C. plane crash, the figure skating community mourned several of its own.

Many of the junior figure skaters had traveled to Wichita for U.S. Figure Skating’s National Development Camp, which took place shortly after the national championship. Lipinski, 42, and fellow Olympian Johnny Weir served as broadcasters during the competition.