U.S. figure skater Alysa Liu led after the short program on the opening night of the world championships on Wednesday.

It has been not quite two months since six members of the Skating Club of Boston died in a plane crash outside of Washington, D.

It has been nearly two months since American Airlines Flight 5342 departed for Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Nathan Chen, Nancy Kerrigan and Peggy Fleming are among the figure skaters added to the cast of a benefit event this weekend in Washington, D.

The young figure skaters whose lives were cut tragically short when an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday night were just beginning their journeys to stardom.

The history of the Skating Club of Boston is the history of American figure skating.

Two young figure skaters, two of their parents and two highly-regarded Russian figure skating coaches were among those killed after an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River.

Rivalries have a way of spicing up the Winter Olympics.