The Skating Club of Boston has a lot to celebrate after three of its skaters are set to head to the Olympics, including Maxim Naumov.Naumov hit the ice Wednesday for the first time since scoring a spot on Team USA. Naumov placed third at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships last week, an achievement with special meaning. Naumov’s parents were two of 67 people killed in a January 2025 midair plane crash over the Potomac River.Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova were coaches at the Skating Club of Boston and died along with other members, including two skaters and their mothers. Naumov held a photo of his parents as he waited for his scores. “I really wanted them to be with me, as I hear the scores as I realize what’s happening at such a crucial moment in my life,” Naumov said.He says after his parents’ deaths, he didn’t know if he would skate again – but vowed to be resilient in the face of grief.”I can’t describe how difficult it was in the very beginning and through month after month of just really, really trying my hardest to keep a positive mindset,” Naumov said. “Having it all kind of culminate in the 7 minutes at nationals meant the whole world to me.”Naumov said it is a dream come true to skate for Team USA, which he described as an honor, and he looks forward to traveling to Milan later this month.Pairs skaters Emily Chan and Spencer Howe, also representing the Skating Club of Boston, are also going to the Olympics.

NORWOOD, Mass. —

The Skating Club of Boston has a lot to celebrate after three of its skaters are set to head to the Olympics, including Maxim Naumov.

Naumov hit the ice Wednesday for the first time since scoring a spot on Team USA. Naumov placed third at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships last week, an achievement with special meaning.

Naumov’s parents were two of 67 people killed in a January 2025 midair plane crash over the Potomac River.

Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova were coaches at the Skating Club of Boston and died along with other members, including two skaters and their mothers.

Naumov held a photo of his parents as he waited for his scores.

“I really wanted them to be with me, as I hear the scores as I realize what’s happening at such a crucial moment in my life,” Naumov said.

He says after his parents’ deaths, he didn’t know if he would skate again – but vowed to be resilient in the face of grief.

“I can’t describe how difficult it was in the very beginning and through month after month of just really, really trying my hardest to keep a positive mindset,” Naumov said. “Having it all kind of culminate in the 7 minutes at nationals meant the whole world to me.”

Naumov said it is a dream come true to skate for Team USA, which he described as an honor, and he looks forward to traveling to Milan later this month.

Pairs skaters Emily Chan and Spencer Howe, also representing the Skating Club of Boston, are also going to the Olympics.