Passengers on the US Airlines, which collided with the Botomac River on Wednesday evening, were skilled on the world level of ice who worked as coaches in the United States. The skiers, invalid from Russia, shared a partnership on ice and marriage.
Boston ski club Emphasized in the post of social media On Thursday, Yevgeniya Shishkova, 52, and Vadim Nomov, 55, was on the plane that collided with a military helicopter while it was approaching Ronald Reagan’s National Airport, causing an accident to kill everyone on the plane. Many sports passengers and coaches leaving the National Slipping Championship in Whitchta were.
Mrs. Shishkova, also known as Evjnia Shishkova, and Mr. Nomov, competed for Russia in skiing before moving to the United States in 1998. They were married in their homeland, Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 1995.
In the nineties, Mr. Nomov and Mrs. Shishkova arrived at the top of their career. They won gold skiing in the World Ski Championship in Japan in 1994, and participated in the 1992 and 1994 winter Olympics. In general, they skied in six world championships, won a group of gold, silver and bronze medals.
They did not qualify for the 1998 Olympiad and ended their skiing career to become coaches. Like many professional Russian skiers, they moved to America while Russia has witnessed a sharp economic shrinkage after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
They settled in Simsbury, Conn. They joined the International Ski Center in Connecticut. Regardless of training, they participated in the professional championships.
The training was not always easy. He speaks with Yanki magazine in New England in 2007, Mr. Nomov said In the United States, children are “excessively to compete.”
He said: “Parents want to see the results of what they pay for, and the trainers want to show these results.” In Russia, the government pushed us. I practiced with a group, and I did not really start competing until I was 15 years old. “
On him Profile page For Boston’s ski club, Mr. Nomov said he loved “creating an environment where students enjoy while working hard.”
Juliet McCor The reports contributed.