Ilia Malinin Is Poised to Win World Figure Skating Championships on Saturday

The American figure skating star is expected to repeat as a world champion on Saturday. But he had to channel his grief over losing fellow skaters in January’s D.C. plane crash to get there.

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How the D.C. Plane Crash Shattered Wichita’s Big Dreams of Skating and Flight

The city had tried for years to host the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, and to get a direct flight to the northeast.

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