Wednesday's D.C. plane crash took the lives of several young figure skaters, a tragic echo of a crash that occurred in 1961.

Dick Button, the two-time Olympic champion who revolutionized figure skating by completing the first triple jump in ...

Known for her beauty and grace on and off the ice, Peggy Fleming dominated women's figure skating from 1966 to 1968, capping her career with her triumph at the 1968 Olympic Winter Games.

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

In 1961, the entire U.S. figure skating team died in a plane crash. Losing a generation of top-level athletes and their coaches hobbled the U.S. The DCA crash and brought back difficult memories.

There is no telling what the figure skaters and their coaches and parents who perished in the crash of Flight 5342 were set ...

Dick Button, the two-time Olympic gold medalist in men's figure skating (1948 and 1952), has died at age 95. He was also ...

In 1961, the entire U.S. national team lost their lives in a plane crash en route to the world championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

Dick Button, the 2-time Olympic gold medalist and 5-time world champion who went on the become the voice of Olympic figure ...