Overview
- U.S. Figure Skating selected the 24-year-old for the 2026 Winter Games after Sunday’s team announcement.
- A third-place finish at the U.S. Championships in St. Louis secured his selection, and he held a photo of his parents while awaiting his score.
- His parents, Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, were among 67 killed when an American Airlines jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk over the Potomac in January 2024.
- The pair were 1994 world champions and coaches at the Skating Club of Boston, and many on the flight were skating community members returning from a Nashville camp.
- In the past year, Naumov performed at a Washington benefit that raised more than $1.2 million and has spoken publicly about coping with the loss.