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Dick Button, Olympic Great and Voice of Skating, Dies

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Dick Button dies at 95: Olympic gold medalist was figure skating's superstar and professor

Dick Button was the first American Olympic figure skating gold medalist in the sport back in 1948, then again in 1952.

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Dick Button dies at 95; men’s figure skating legend was well-known Olympic commentator

In addition to winning two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, he helped transform a niche sport into the showpiece of every Winter Olympics.

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Dick Button, first U.S. Olympic figure skating gold medalist, dies at 95

Dick Button, the legendary figure skater who became the first American to win Olympic gold in the sport, died Thursday at age 95, according to U.S. Figure Skating. In 1948, Button, then 18, won the first of back-to-back Olympic titles.

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Dick Button, US figure skating pioneer, will always be 'godfather of this sport'

Dick Button, a two-time Olympic champion in figure skating, embodied the sport. He is the 'godfather of this sport,' Tara Lipinski once said.

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Dick Button, Olympic Great and Voice of Skating, Dies at 95

Button, winner of two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, died Thursday, said his son, Edward, who did not provide a cause. He was 95. As an entrepreneur and broadcaster, Button promoted skating and its athletes,

Figure skating community in shock

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Members of U.S. figure skating community were on flight that collided with Army helicopter

"Several members" of the U.S. figure skating community were on American Airlines Flight 5342, according to U.S. Figure Skating.

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Members of Mass. figure skating club were aboard crashed American Airlines flight

Former world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov joined the staff at The Skating Club of Boston in Norwood, Massachusetts, in 2017.

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The role of dedication and community in figure skating

Washington Post figure skating analyst Robert Samuels spoke about the 2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and the larger figure skating community on Jan. 30 following a midair collision between American Eagle Flight 5342 and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport.

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European figure skating championships carry on, overshadowed by deadly mid-air collision in US

The European figure skating championships have carried on, even as the skating world mourned athletes who died when an ...

Local figure skating community heartbroken after fatal aviation crash in Washington, D.C.

Among the 67 lives lost were top skaters from the United States and Russia, including several children, poised to become the ...

Who was Evgenia Shishkova? Massachusetts figure skating coach among DC plane crash victims

Evgenia Shishkova and her husband Vadim Naumov were from Russia but lived in Norwood, Massachusetts, close to where they ...

Ice skating performances of DC plane crash victims

A pair of young figure skaters, their mothers, and two Russian coaches were among the 60 passengers on board the jet.

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Plano’s Amber Glenn, figure skating community ‘heartbroken’ by Washington plane crash

Amber Glenn, a 25-year-old from Plano who defended her U.S. figure skating championship last week in Wichita, was also among ...

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Figure skating community mourns Washington D.C. plane crash victims: Tara Lipinski, Johnny Weir, Nancy Kerrigan give emotional tributes

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

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Pittsburgh hall of fame ice skating coach mourns loss of athletes on D.C. plane crash

"Heartbreaking" is the word that is being used to describe the midair collision between a military helicopter and an American ...

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Skating champ Ilia Malinin 'heartbroken' after crash that killed skaters, coaches

Ilia Malinin, the reigning world and national champion in men's figure skating, shared a message on social media after the crash on the Potomac.

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