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Maxim Naumov won't beryllium fig skating unsocial astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics.
His parents volition beryllium watching, adjacent though they won't beryllium there. Naumov mislaid some his parents successful a tragic level clang successful 2025.
Naumov made it to the United States Olympic squad adjacent aft the worst time of his life.
“You know, it's conscionable each astir resilience," Naumov told Olympics.com. "It's each astir being resilient. That's the feeling and the mentality that I've clung onto this full season."
His mindset was the lone 1 helium could perchance have. He'd conscionable person to overcome.
"I find that successful times of truly hard affectional stress, if you tin conscionable propulsion yourself a small spot more, astir think, 'What if? What if I can do it? What if - contempt everything that happened to maine - I tin inactive spell retired determination and bash it?'" Naumov said.
Naumov did bash it, and he'll statesman his idiosyncratic Olympic contention connected Tuesday.
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What happened to Maxim Naumov's parents?
Naumov's parents were connected American Airlines Flight 5342 connected Jan. 29, 2025. The level collided with a U.S. Army chopper implicit the Potomac River, and everyone successful some craft died.
The American Airlines formation had departed Wichita, Kansas, wherever the U.S. Figure Skating Championships were held, and truthful it had a fig of fig skating-related radical aboard.
"The happening that has brought maine the astir joyousness this twelvemonth is the full fig skating community," Naumov told Olympics.com. "I don't cognize what I bash without it, honestly. I'm truthful grateful and thankful to beryllium a portion of this community, having radical by my broadside and guiding maine and helping maine execute the things that I privation to bash has made the biggest difference."
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Who are Maxim Naumov's parents?
His parents were named Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova.
They themselves some competed successful the Olympics.
They besides won a satellite title successful pairs fig skating unneurotic successful 1994.
"Even still, now, they're helping and guiding maine to wherever we request to go," Naumov said earlier these Games.
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