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.

Among those athletes competing in Wichita are former and hopefully future Olympians, many of whom are also defending national champions.

The U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place Jan. 21-26 in Wichita, Kansas. U.S. Figure Skating did not identify any of the members of its team that were on board. Doug Zeghib

Six people associated with Zeghibe’s club in Norwood, Massachusetts, were killed in the plane crash: skater Spencer Lane and his mother, Molly, skater Jinna Han and her mother, Jin, and coaches Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, a married couple who were world champion pairs figure skaters from Russia in the 1990s.

The Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships air live this week from Wichita, Kansas, on NBC Sports, USA Network and Peacock. The field includes every national champion from last January: Ilia Malinin, Amber Glenn, ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates and the pairs’ team of Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea.

The world of competitive figure skating is back, The U.S. Figure Skating Championships will take place this weekend in Wichita, Kansas, and will be carried on NBC, Peacock, and USA Network.How to Watch U.

After the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, some young athletes stayed a couple of additional days for further development.

Several members' of the U.S. Figure Skating community were onboard the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk Helicopter over Washington, D.C., the governing body said in a statement.

Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River included athletes returning from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and their Russian coaches.

Victims of Wednesday’s American Airlines plane crash at Reagan National Airport included a group of elite figure skaters, their coaches, and family members.

MINOT, N.D. (KMOT) – A pair of athletes with ties to Minot who competed at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas, over the weekend, were not on board the plane that crashed in Washington, DC Wednesday, and are safe at home in Colorado Springs.