Two professional skates for their single exhibitions on Saturday at the Glennview Community Ice Center warmed up, Glennview’s Winterfest had a feeling of calm despite the laughter of children and families enjoying ice bumper cars and other activities.
This was the first time Alexa Gasarotto, one of the skaters, would perform for a public audience, as the US Figure Skating Championship will be competitively skated in Wichita in 2025, where it has made women’s free skates and women’s short programs on 24 January Was kept in On 23 January.
Just a few days after his success among figure skating citizens, many young skates who were also in Wichita, and were probably looking at the Gasteroto Skate, flying to Washington National Airport in Washington, DC on US Eagle Flight 5342 An army helicopter crashed in January. ,
“I think from here, every demonstration is dedicated to each of the skates lost on flight,” Gaparoto of Glennview said, slowly, before its single performance.
“I think for the entire skating community, it’s not a brain,” Gasteroto said.
“Every skater is going to be like a brain,” Okay when I skate, it is going to happen for them. ”
Josh Fichel, a figure skating coach and a team at the Glennview Ice Center, and a team USA Figure Skating Coach also said, “The world of figure skating is small and he, and other skates, knew many of those who were killed in an accident.”
He knew coach Vadim Naomov and his wife andgenia Sheeshkova, who died in an accident. Russian -born couple won the couple’s title at the 1994 World Championship in Chiba, Japan and also competed twice in the Olympics.
Another Glennview Coach, Nicole Maguire, Alexander “Sasha”, Kirsansov, an ice dancer and the university of delaware figure skating coach, who also destroyed.
The governing body of the game, US Figure Skating said that 28 lost their lives in a collision with figure skating community including skates, parents and coaches.
Officials have said that there were a total of 67 victims of the disaster.
Skaters on Doomed Aircraft were participating in the National Development Camp of US Figure Skating, which was launched in 2020, allowing about 150 young skaters at teenagers, intermediate and novice levels, who were allowed, who gave their skills in the US sectional finals Had excelled to speed up and polish. According to the US Figure Skating website, the collegium environment. It was also stated that the National Development Camp immediately follows, and is held in combination with the US Figure Skating Championship, which was held on 20–26 January.
Fichel said that skaters enter adolescent levels at the age of about 10 or 11, and include girls under 13 and boys under 14 years of age.
“I believe the intermediate level comes out at the age of 18,” he said that those who go to the National Development Camp are usually 13 to 15 years of age.
Skates at the newbie level can range from around 14 to 16, he said.
“The passengers who have been passed in Chicago are widespread,” Fichel said. “So many elite athletes in Chicago have competed against these young skates as they all travel across the country to perform various programs.”
Kayla Lindgren, general manager of the Glennview Community Ice Center, said, “The tragedy of American Airlines flight 5342 touched many skates and coaches at the Glennview Community Ice Center,” saying that many coaches and skates were knew or skated with victims. .
Rainbow Animal Assisted Therapy provided therapy dogs last week and this week to help skaters because they mourn, and they said, and the center is working with young services of Glennview/Northbroke so that the doctor is working for anyone Can be brought to the site.
Lindgren also said that Glennview is celebrating the victory of Ice Center Gasaroto. He said, “We have got the privilege of Alexa” Lexsea “Gasotto,” he commented, “he commented as Alexa” Lexsey “Gasotto as one of the coaches of our talented Glennview Park District Skating Academy at Glennview Community Ice Center,” he commented.
“This year, Lexi was observed as the first African American woman to unload Triple Axle, and Wichita was eligible for us in Kansas. The Park District and Glennview Community Ice Center is incredibly proud of Lexi and its figure skating trip. ,