Watch live coverage of the Ice Dance and Free Dance at the European Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.

The European figure skating championships carried on Thursday in Tallin, Estonia, even as the skating world mourned athletes who died in an aircraft collision near Washington, D.C.

Minerva Fabienne Hase RNikita Volodin of Germany compete during the pair free skating at ISU European Figure Ska

Two teenage figure skaters, their mothers, and two former world champions who were coaching at a historic Boston club were among the 14 members of the skating community killed when an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River.

Two teenage figure skaters, their mothers and two world champion coaches from Boston were among the 14 members of the skating community killed when an American Airlines flight collided with an

The European figure skating championships have carried on, even as the skating world mourned athletes who died when an American Airlines jet collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C.

Watch live BBC TV coverage of the Ice Dance and Women's Free Skating events at the 2025 European Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.

Frenchman Adam Siao Him Fa paid tribute to the victims of the plane crash in the United States after taking the men's singles lead on a sombre Thursday at the European figure skating championships.

The European Figure Skating Championships kick off on Wednesday in Tallinn. Czech hopes are highest in ice dance, represented by sibling pairs Natálie and Filip Taschler and Kateřina and Daniel Mrázek.

The governing body of figure skating in the U.S. said team members were on the American Airlines passenger jet that collided with an Army helicopter.

Anastasiia Gubanova has taken a narrow lead in the short program as she aims to regain her title at the European figure skating championships.

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